于歸

Chinese

		surname	to go back; to return
trad. (于歸)		于	歸
simp. (于归)		于	归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúguei
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-kuei¹
    • Yale: yú-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuguei
    • Palladius: юйгуй (jujguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

于歸

1. (literary, of a female) to get married

   • 之子于歸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     之子于归。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhī zǐ yúguī. [Pinyin]

     This girl is to get married.

Synonyms

• 出嫁 (chūjià)
• 出聘 (chūpìn) (dated)
• 出門／出门 (chūmén)
• 出門子／出门子 (chūménzi) (colloquial)
• 出閣／出阁 (chūgé) (literary)
• 嫁人 (jiàrén)
• 嫁翁 (Hokkien)
• 行嫁 (Hakka)
• 進屋／进屋 (jìnwū) (figurative, literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (于歸):

• → Vietnamese: vu quy (于歸)