告終

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	end; finish
trad. (告終)		告	終
simp. (告终)		告	终

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàozhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-chiong / kò-chiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàozhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàojhong
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: gàu-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjong
    • Palladius: гаочжун (gaočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ zung¹
    • Yale: gou jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korciofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: kò-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

告終

1. to come to an end; to end up

   以失敗告終／以失败告终  ―  yǐ shībài gàozhōng  ―  to end in failure

Synonyms

• 了卻／了却 (liǎoquè)
• 了斷／了断 (liǎoduàn)
• 了結／了结 (liǎojié)
• 交代 (jiāodài) (humorous)
• 完了 (wánliǎo)
• 完畢／完毕 (wánbì)
• 完結／完结 (wánjié)
• 收場／收场 (shōuchǎng)
• 收束 (shōushù)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞事 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 結／结
• 結束／结束 (jiéshù)
• 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
• 結腳／结脚 (jie² juo²) (Sichuanese)
• 罷／罢