歸
guīGuī HSK4

return

归 (歸) guī frequency
return verb
to return or go back to a place

天色渐晚，路上的行人都匆匆归去。

tiān​sè jiàn wǎn, lù​shang de xíng​rén dōu cōng​cōng guī qù.

As it got late, the pedestrians on the road hurried home.

belong to verb
to belong to or be the responsibility of someone

这件事不归我管。

zhè jiàn shì bù guī wǒ guǎn.

This is not my responsibility.

despite verb
used between two identical verbs to indicate that despite an action, a distinction remains

漂亮归漂亮，但是不实用。

piào​liang guī piào​liang, dàn​shì bù shí​yòng.

It is beautiful, but it's just not practical.

gather verb
to gather together or converge

他把散乱的拼图重新归在一起。

tā bǎ sǎn​luàn de pīn​tú chóng​xīn guī zài yī​qǐ.

He gathered the scattered puzzle pieces back together.

marry verb
of a woman, to get married (archaic usage)

之子于归，宜其室家。

zhī zǐ yú guī, yí qí shì jiā.

The maiden is getting married; she will bring harmony to her new home and family.

restore verb
to give back or return something to its owner

物归原主。

wù guī yuán​zhǔ.

The property was returned to its original owner.

abacus division verb
division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

他在学习珠算时，正在努力背诵九归口诀。

tā zài xué​xí zhū​suàn shí, zhèng​zài nǔ​lì bèi​sòng jiǔ​guī kǒu​jué.

While learning abacus calculation, he was working hard to memorize the division formulas.

归 (歸) Guī
Gui proper name
surname Gui

他姓归。

tā xìng Guī.

His surname is Gui.

Frequency
Character
Written text
933rd most common 181.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,068th most common 90.4 per million appears in 42% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
40.9 per million appears in 17% of films
Written text
46.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
归
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+6B78

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)