| 歸 | 1321C15 91S.22-5 | 部居  | 畫數 18 | ㄍㄨㄟ [gui1] (*ㄎㄨㄟˋ [kui4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Return (of persons or things borrowed). (2) (Math.) (calculation by the use of abacus) division: 九歸 division with a one-digit divisor. (3) A surname. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) V.i., come back: 歸來 to return; 歸去來兮 I’m going home! 歸國 come back to one's homeland; 歸途 the return trip; 歸隊 (of soldiers) report for duty, (fig.) return to the fold; 衣錦榮歸 (of government officials) return home with high honors. (2) V.t., to return (s.t.) borrowed: 歸還 [gui1huan2]↓. (3) V.i., 于歸 (AC, of women) to marry. (4) V.i., submit, yield: 歸附 [gui1fu4], 歸順 [gui1shun4]↓; 歸降 to surrender; 歸化 [gui1hua4]↓; 歸主 become a Christian. (5) V.t., put together, assemble in one place: 歸併 [gui1bing4], 歸攏 [gui1long3], 歸齊 [gui1qi2]↓; 歸了包堆 calculate as a whole. (6) V.t., attribute to: 歸功 give (s.o.) credit for; 歸罪 blame (s.o.) for; 歸咎 [gui1jiu4]↓. (7) V.i., tend, come to an end: 歸宿 [gui1su4]↓; 殊途同歸 all roads lead to Rome; 同歸於盡 (of enemies, forlorn lovers, etc.) get killed at one and the same time; 歸根 [gui1gen1]↓; 歸結 [gui1jie2]↓. (8) (Var. 饋 *[kui4]) v.t., (AC) give as present: 歸孔子豚 present Confucius with leg of pork. | |||||
| Words | 1. 歸案 [gui1an4], v.t., to bring back s.t. or s.o. to court, case or subject file. 2. 歸併 [gui1bing4], v.t., annex (territory) by force; blend, mix, compound, reunite. 3. 歸齊 [gui1qi2], (1) v.t., to lump or put together; (2) adv., altogether, after all: 歸齊不到一個月 less than a month altogether; adv., 說了歸齊，你還不成 won't you come round after all? 4. 歸除 [gui1chu2], n., (math.) (calculation by the use of abacus) division with a more than one-digit divisor. 5. 歸附 [gui1fu4], v.i., pay allegiance to the rule of another, acknowledge sovereignty. 6. 歸根（兒） [gui1gen1] ([gui1ge1er0]), (1) v.i., come to an end; (2) adv., in the end, at last, finally. 7. 歸骨 [gui1gu3], v.i., have one’s bones buried (usu. in one's native district). 8. 歸化 [gui1hua4], v.i., (1) submit to Chin. rule; adopt Chin. customs; (2) (law) (be) naturalize(d). 9. 歸還 [gui1huan2], (1) v.i., come back; (2) v.t., return (things) borrowed. 10. 歸趙 [gui1zhao4], v.t., (allu.) to return (s.t.) to its rightful owner intact. 11. 歸真 [gui1zhen1], v.i., (1) (Budd.) attain nirvana, pass away, die; (2) rediscover one’s true self: 返樸歸真 recover man's original simplicity. 12. 歸家 [gui1jia1], v.i. & n., return home, home-coming. 13. 歸結 [gui1jie2], (1) v.i., come to a conclusion; (2) adv., in the end: 歸結落空 in the end get nothing. 14. 歸咎 [gui1jiu4], v.t., lay the blame on (s.o.). 15. 歸著 [gui1zhuo0], v.t., fix up (room, clothing), put in order. 16. 歸攏 [gui1long3], v.t., collect, assemble together. 17. 歸納 [gui1na4], v.t., (logic) infer by induction: 歸納法 (logic) the inductive method, a postriori reasoning, induction (opp. 演繹法 a priori reasoning, deduction). 18. 歸寧 [gui1ning2], v.i., (of married women) go back to paternal home for a visit, (rarely of men) visit with one's parents. 19. 歸西 [gui1xi1], v.i., die, pass away, (lit., “go west” or to the abode of the dead). 20. 歸省 [gui1xing3], v.i., go home to pay respects to one's parents. 21. 歸心 [gui1xin1], v.t. & n., (1) v.t., pay allegiance to; v.t. & n., (2) n., nostalgia for home: 歸心似箭 anxious to return home as soon as possible. 22. 歸休 [gui1xiu1], v.i., (1) retire and return home; v.i., (2) (AC) die, pass away, (lit., “go to one's rest”). 23. 歸順 [gui1shun4], v.i., to surrender, pay allegiance to. 24. 歸宿 [gui1su4], (1) v.i., (of persons) come to a (usu. happy) end; (2) n., a lasting or permanent in life: 找到歸宿 (of girls) be happily married. 25. 歸天 [gui1tian2]1, v.i., (euphem.) die, pass away, (lit., “go up to heaven”). 26. 歸田 [gui1tian2]2, v.i., (of officials) resign from office and return home. 27. 歸宗 [gui1zong1], v.i., (of adopted children) return to one's own parents or clan. 28. 歸依 [gui1yi1], v.i., become a Buddhist (also wr. 皈依). | |||||