歸〔归〕 gwai¹ {guī}

1. to return
2. to go back to
3. to give back to
4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
5. to belong to
6. to gather together
7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
8. to marry (of a woman) (old)
9. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

歸〔归〕 gwai¹ {Guī}

surname Gui

歸家〔归-〕 gwai¹ gaa¹ {guī jiā}

to return home

歸去〔归-〕 gwai¹ heoi³ {guī qù}

go back

歸一〔归-〕 gwai¹ jat¹ {guī yī}

neat; in order (spoken)

歸期〔归-〕 gwai¹ kei⁴ {guī qī}

the return date

歸來〔归来〕 gwai¹ loi⁴ {guī lái}

to return

歸納〔归纳〕 gwai¹ naap⁶ {guī nà}

to classify

歸位〔归-〕 gwai⁶ wai² {guī wèi}

back to original position

歸併〔归并〕 gwai¹ bing³ {guī bìng}

1. to put together
2. to add
3. to merge

歸除〔归-〕 gwai¹ ceoi⁴ {guī chú}

1. long division
2. calculation on the abacus

歸程〔归-〕 gwai¹ cing⁴ {guī chéng}

1. return trip
2. homeward journey

歸隊〔归队〕 gwai¹ deoi⁶ {guī duì}

1. to return to one's unit
2. to go back to one's station in life

歸檔〔归档〕 gwai¹ dong² {guī dàng}

1. to file away
2. to place on file

歸化〔归-〕 gwai¹ faa³ {guī huà}

naturalization

歸化〔归-〕 gwai¹ faa³ {Guī huà}

old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia

歸附〔归-〕 gwai¹ fu⁶ {guī fù}

1. to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc)
2. to submit

歸根〔归-〕 gwai¹ gan¹ {guī gēn}

1. to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
2. to go back to one's roots

歸咎〔归-〕 gwai¹ gau³ {guī jiù}

1. to put the blame on
2. to accuse

歸經〔归经〕 gwai¹ ging¹ {guī jīng}

channel tropism (TCM)

歸結〔归结〕 gwai¹ git³ {guī jié}

1. to sum up
2. to conclude
3. in a nutshell
4. the end (of a story)

歸功〔归-〕 gwai¹ gung¹ {guī gōng}

1. to give credit
2. to give sb his due
3. attribution

歸公〔归-〕 gwai¹ gung¹ {guī gōng}

1. to commandeer
2. to take over for the state

歸國〔归国〕 gwai¹ gwok³ {guī guó}

1. to go home (to one's native country)
2. to return from abroad

歸口〔归-〕 gwai¹ hau² {guī kǒu}

1. to return to one's original trade
2. to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority
3. (the) relevant (department in charge of sth)

歸向〔归-〕 gwai¹ hoeng³ {guī xiàng}

to turn toward

歸隱〔归隐〕 gwai¹ jan² {guī yǐn}

to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion

歸仁〔归-〕 gwai¹ jan⁴ {Guī rén}

Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣, Taiwan

歸入〔归-〕 gwai¹ jap⁶ {guī rù}

1. to assign (to a class)
2. to classify as
3. to include

歸依〔归-〕 gwai¹ ji¹ {guī yī}

1. to convert to (a religion)
2. to rely upon
3. refuge
4. mainstay

歸於〔归于〕 gwai¹ jyu¹ {guī yú}

1. to belong to
2. affiliated to
3. to result in sth
4. to incline towards

歸僑〔归侨〕 gwai¹ kiu⁴ {guī qiáo}

returnees

歸類〔归类〕 gwai¹ leoi⁶ {guī lèi}

1. to classify
2. to categorize

歸路〔归-〕 gwai¹ lou⁶ {guī lù}

1. the way back
2. return route

歸攏〔归拢〕 gwai¹ lung⁵ {guī lǒng}

1. to gather
2. to rake together
3. to pile up

歸納〔归纳〕 gwai¹ naap⁶ {guī nà}

1. to sum up
2. to summarize
3. to conclude from facts
4. induction (method of deduction in logic)

歸寧〔归宁〕 gwai¹ ning⁴ {guī níng}

(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents

歸案〔归-〕 gwai¹ on³ {guī àn}

1. to bring to justice
2. arrested and brought to trial

歸西〔归-〕 gwai¹ sai¹ {guī xī}

1. to die
2. euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise

歸心〔归-〕 gwai¹ sam¹ {guī xīn}

converted to (religion)

歸綏〔归绥〕 gwai¹ seoi¹ {Guī suí}

old name for Hohhot city 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia

歸順〔归顺〕 gwai¹ seon⁶ {guī shùn}

to surrender and pay allegiance to

歸省〔归-〕 gwai¹ sing² {guī xǐng}

1. to go home for a visit
2. to return to one's parents' home to pay respects

歸宿〔归-〕 gwai¹ suk¹ {guī sù}

1. place to return to
2. home
3. final destination
4. ending

歸屬〔归属〕 gwai¹ suk⁶ {guī shǔ}

1. to belong to
2. to be affiliated to
3. to fall under the jurisdiction of
4. a place where one feels that one belongs
5. one's final destination (where one need look no further)

歸天〔归-〕 gwai¹ tin¹ {guī tiān}

to die

歸途〔归-〕 gwai¹ tou⁴ {guī tú}

1. the way back
2. one's journey home

歸還〔归还〕 gwai¹ waan⁴ {guī huán}

1. to return sth
2. to revert

歸真〔归-〕 gwai¹ zan¹ {guī zhēn}

to die (Buddhism)

歸罪〔归-〕 gwai¹ zeoi⁶ {guī zuì}

to blame sb

歸正〔归-〕 gwai¹ zing³ {guī zhèng}

1. to return to the right path
2. to mend one's ways
3. to reform
4. Reformed (church etc)

歸咎於〔归-于〕 gwai¹ gau³ jyu¹ {guī jiù yú}

to blame; to attribute to; as a result of

歸功於〔归-于〕 gwai¹ gung¹ jyu¹ {guī gōng yú}

(verb) to give credit

歸仁鄉〔归-乡〕 gwai¹ jan⁴ hoeng¹ {Guī rén xiāng}

Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣, Taiwan

歸零地〔归--〕 gwai¹ ling⁴ dei⁶ {Guī líng dì}

Ground Zero

歸謬法〔归谬-〕 gwai¹ mau⁶ faat³ {guī miù fǎ}

1. reductio ad absurdum
2. arguing by contradiction
3. also called 反證法

歸納法〔归纳-〕 gwai¹ naap⁶ faat³ {guī nà fǎ}

induction (method of deduction in logic)

歸心者〔归--〕 gwai¹ sam¹ ze² {guī xīn zhě}

religious convert

歸屬感〔归属-〕 gwai¹ suk⁶ gam² {guī shǔ gǎn}

sense of belonging

歸屬權〔归属权〕 gwai¹ suk⁶ kyun⁴ {guī shǔ quán}

right of attribution

歸根究底〔归---〕 gwai¹ gan¹ gau³ dai² {guī gēn jiū dǐ}

(adverb) After all; ultimately

歸根到底〔归---〕 gwai¹ gan¹ dou³ dai² {guī gēn dào dǐ}

1. after all
2. in the final analysis
3. ultimately

歸根結底〔归-结-〕 gwai¹ gan¹ git³ dai² {guī gēn jié dǐ}

1. in the final analysis
2. ultimately

歸根結蒂〔归-结-〕 gwai¹ gan¹ git³ dai³ {guī gēn jié dì}

1. ultimately
2. in the final analysis
3. after all
4. when all is said and done

歸納推理〔归纳--〕 gwai¹ naap⁶ teoi¹ lei⁵ {guī nà tuī lǐ}

inference by induction (method of deduction in logic)

歸心似箭〔归---〕 gwai¹ sam¹ ci⁵ zin³ {guī xīn sì jiàn}

with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)