終究

See also: 终究

Chinese

		end; finish	after all; to investigate; to study carefully
trad. (終究)		終	究
simp. (终究)		终	究

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngjiū, zhōngjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡ, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiong-kiù
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tson-cieu; ⁵tson-cieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjiou
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chiu¹
    • Yale: jūng-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjiou
    • Palladius: чжунцзю (čžunczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chiu⁴
    • Yale: jūng-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjiow
    • Palladius: чжунцзю (čžunczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gau³
    • Yale: jūng gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-kiù
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongkiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-cieu; ⁵tson-cieu
    • MiniDict: tson^平 cieu; tson^去 cieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-jieu; ²tson-jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɤ²¹/, /t͡soŋ³³ t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/

Adverb

終究

1. eventually; after all; at last

   • 你終究是要開歐洲車的，那為什麼不一開始就開？ [MSC, trad.]
     你终究是要开欧洲车的，那为什么不一开始就开？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015, Škoda Taiwan's commercial

     Nǐ zhōngjiū shì yào kāi ōuzhōu chē de, nà wèishénme bù yīkāishǐ jiù kāi? [Pinyin]

     You will eventually have a European car, than why not have it at first?

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)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)