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归 guī

to return, to go back; to return to, to revert

Strokes
5
Level
HSK 5
Radical
彐
Traditional
歸
Type
Ideograph
Made of 彐 ⿰?彐

Memory hint: Simplified form of 歸; a wife 帚 returning home; 追 provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 归

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  1. 请把借的书归还给图书馆。
    Qǐng bǎ jiè de shū guīhuán gěi túshūguǎn.
    Please return the borrowed book to the library.
    please (object-marker) borrow (particle) book return give library
  2. 你能不能帮我归纳一下这些要点?
    Nǐ néng bu néng bāng wǒ guīnà yíxià zhèxiē yàodiǎn?
    Can you help me summarize these main points?
    you can not can help me summarize a-bit these key-point (question)
  3. 我们把这些问题归纳一下再讨论吧。
    Wǒmen bǎ zhèxiē wèntí guīnà yíxià zài tǎolùn ba.
    Let's summarize these problems first before discussing them.
    we (object-marker) these problem summarize a-bit then discuss (suggestion)
  4. 这笔钱他还没有归还。
    Zhè bǐ qián tā hái méiyǒu guīhuán.
    He hasn't returned this sum of money yet.
    this (measure) money he still not-have return
  5. 归根到底,问题还是出在沟通上。
    Guī gēn dào dǐ, wèntí háishi chū zài gōutōng shàng.
    When it comes down to it, the problem still lies in the communication.
    return-root-to-bottom problem still occur at communication on

Words with 归 (3)