終須

Chinese

		end; finish	necessary; must; need
trad. (終須)		終	須
simp. (终须)		终	须

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ seoi¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ su¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsyu
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsü¹
  - Yale: jūng-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshiu
  - Palladius: чжунсюй (čžunsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ seoi¹
  - Yale: jūng sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zong¹ su¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong su
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ su³³/

Adverb

終須

(literary, Cantonese, Teochew) eventually; one day
佢終須會去多倫多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢终须会去多伦多。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ zung¹ seoi¹ wui⁵ heoi³ do¹ leon⁴ do¹. [Jyutping]
One day, he will go to Toronto.

Usage notes

終須／终须 (zhōngxū) is for talking about an undetermined time in the future, but 終於／终于 (zhōngyú) is for talking about a determined time in the past or in the present.

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)
終於 / 终于 (zhōngyú)
終歸 / 终归 (zhōngguī)
終究 / 终究 (zhōngjiū)
總是 / 总是 (zǒngshì)
總歸 / 总归 (zǒngguī)
總算 / 总算 (zǒngsuàn)
高低 (gāodī)