歸根

See also: 归根

Chinese

		to go back; to return	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (歸根)		歸	根
simp. (归根)		归	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueigen
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kên¹
    • Yale: gwēi-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigen
    • Palladius: гуйгэнь (gujgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ gan¹
    • Yale: gwāi gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

歸根

1. (of leaf) to eventually return to its root as it falls from the tree
2. (figurative) to finally return to one's hometown

Derived terms

• 樹高千丈，落葉歸根／树高千丈，落叶归根
• 歸根到底／归根到底 (guīgēndàodǐ)
• 歸根究柢／归根究柢 (guīgēnjiūdǐ)
• 歸根結底／归根结底 (guīgēnjiédǐ)
• 歸根結柢／归根结柢 (guīgēnjiédǐ)
• 落葉歸根／落叶归根 (luòyèguīgēn)
• 葉落歸根／叶落归根 (yèluòguīgēn)