總歸

See also: 总归

Chinese

		always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case	to go back; to return
trad. (總歸)		總	歸
simp. (总归)		总	归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² gwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chóng-kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒngguei
    • Wade–Giles: tsung³-kuei¹
    • Yale: dzǔng-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongguei
    • Palladius: цзунгуй (czunguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung² gwai¹
    • Yale: júng gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung² guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-kui
    • Tâi-lô: tsóng-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofngkuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/

Adverb

總歸

1. anyway; after all; eventually

Synonyms

• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)