歸宿

See also: 归宿

Chinese

		to return	lodge; house
trad. (歸宿)		歸	宿
simp. (归宿)		归	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ suk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-sok / kui-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueisù
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-su⁴
    • Yale: gwēi-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueisuh
    • Palladius: гуйсу (gujsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ suk¹
    • Yale: gwāi sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 歸宿／归宿 龜縮／龟缩

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-sok
    • Tâi-lô: kui-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuisog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-siok
    • Tâi-lô: kui-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuisiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔk̚³²/

Noun

歸宿

1. home to return to
2. (figurative) final destination; ending
3. (figurative) the last thing to depend upon; homeland (of one's soul)

Synonyms

• (the last thing to depend upon): 著落／着落 (zhuóluò)

Verb

歸宿

1. to return home to sleep

Derived terms

• 夜不歸宿／夜不归宿 (yèbùguīsù)