終須

Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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 edit

終須

(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 edit

終須／终须 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 edit

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)