終於

See also: 终于

Chinese

		end; finish	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (終於)		終	於
simp. (终于)		终	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jyu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiong-ir / chiong-î / chiong-u / chiong-i / chiong-û

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ i¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-yu; ⁵tson-yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyú
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-yü²
    • Yale: jūng-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyu
    • Palladius: чжунъюй (čžunʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 忠於 / 忠于 終於 / 终于

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ jyu¹
    • Yale: jūng yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 忠於 / 忠于 終於 / 终于

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-ir
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-ir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ ɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-î
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'ii
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-u
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'w
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-i
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'y
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-û
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'uu
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong¹ i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ i³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-yu; ⁵tson-yu
    • MiniDict: tson^平 yu; tson^去 yu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-hhy; ²tson-hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/, /t͡soŋ³³ ɦy⁴⁴/

Adverb

終於

1. finally; at last; eventually

   我終於遇到知音了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我终于遇到知音了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhōngyú yùdào zhīyīn le. [Pinyin]

   I finally met a soulmate.

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 終歸 / 终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究 / 终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 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)