Meaning
to go back; to return
Chinese: 去。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gui” becomes a different word in each tone. 归 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 归还guī huánto return sth; to revert
- 归纳guī nàto sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
- 归根到底guī gēn dào dǐafter all; in the final analysis; ultimately
- 回归huí guīto return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- 归来guī láito return; to come back
Example Sentence
太晚了，我们该归家了。Tài wǎn le, wǒ men gāi guī jiā le.It is too late; we should head home.
太Tàitoo晚wǎnevening了le(completed action)，我们wǒ menwe该gāishould归guīto return家jiāhome了le(completed action)。