归 (歸) guī

1. guī verb to go back; to return
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 返回 (Guoyu '歸' v 2; Kroll 2015 '歸' 1, p. 146; Rouzer 2007, p. 27; Unihan '歸'; XHZD '歸' 1, p. 252)
2. guī verb to belong to; to be classified as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense 属于 (Guoyu '歸' v 5; XHZD '歸' 4, p. 252)
3. guī verb to take refuge in; to rely on; to depend on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 依附 (Guoyu '歸' v 4; Kroll 2015 '歸' 2, p. 146)
4. guī verb used between a repeated verb to indicate contrast
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 7)
5. guī verb to revert to; to give back to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 3; Kroll 2015 '歸' 4, p. 146; Rouzer 2007, p. 27; Unihan '歸')
6. guī verb (of a woman) to get married
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '歸' 3, p. 146)
7. guī verb to assemble; to meet together; to converge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 聚 (Guoyu '歸' v 6; XHZD '歸' 2, p. 252)
8. guī verb to appreciate; to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 5, p. 146)
9. guī verb to divide with a single digit divisor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '歸' 5, p. 252)
10. guī verb to pledge allegiance to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 归顺 (Kroll 2015 '歸' 2, p. 146; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 421)
11. guī verb to withdraw
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 1b, p. 146)
12. guī verb to settle down
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 2a, p. 146)
13. guī proper noun Gui
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '歸' n)
14. kuì verb to give; to sacrifice food
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 馈 (Guoyu '歸' kuì v; Kroll 2015 '歸' kuì, p. 146)
15. kuì adjective ashamed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 愧 (Guoyu '歸' kuì adj)
16. guī verb returned; āgata
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āgata, Japanese: ki, or: gi (BCSD '歸', p. 689; MW 'āgata'; SH '歸', p. 465; Unihan '歸')

Contained in

• 利益归于常住(利益歸於常住) benefits belong to the monastery
• 归俗(歸俗) to return to secular life; to leave monastic life
• 嗟韈曩法天子受三归依获免恶道经(嗟韈曩法天子受三歸依獲免惡道經) sūkarikāvadāna; Jie Wa Nang Fa Tian Zi Shou San Guiyi Huo Mian E Dao Jing
• 归寂(歸寂) to pass to nirvana
• 世间有水皆归海 天下无山空飞云(世間有水皆歸海 天下無山空飛雲) All waters in this world return to the sea; No clouds float above empty mountains.
• 归宗(歸宗) an adopted son returns to his original family ; a woman returns to her family ; return to the source ; stupa
• 堪归(堪歸) śaraṇya
• 水流源归海 月落不离天(水流源歸海 月落不離天) All waters return to the sea; The moon never leaves the sky.
• 归元寺(歸元寺) Guiyuan Temple
• 为世间作归(為世間作歸) becomes the world's refuge
• 归命三宝(歸命三寶) taking refuge in the Triple Gem
• 吉星明月归天上 白云青松在眼前(吉星明月歸天上 白雲青松在眼前) Auspicious stars and the bright moon belong in the sky; White clouds and green pines are found before your eyes.
• 南海寄归内法传(南海寄歸內法傳) A Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Sea ; A Record of the Buddhist Religion: As Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago; Nan Hai Ji Gui Nei Fa Zhuan
• 风烟有奇状 物象归余清(風煙有奇狀 物象歸餘清) Hazes may be obscure in form; Phenomena are pure in nature.
• 归命(歸命) to devote one's life ; namo; to pay respect to; homage
• 叶落归根(葉落歸根) a falling leaf returns to the roots; everything has its ancestral home ; falling leaves return to their roots

Also contained in

弃官归田 、 归林 、 归向 、 江海同归 、 归根究柢 、 欲归 、 殊途同归 、 言归于好 、 同途殊归 、 归类 、 于归 、 万境归空 、 归一 、 归天 、 归宿 、 归程 、 归义 、 归拢 、 长归 、 归附 、 归本 、 荣归故里 、 涓滴归公 、 言归正传 、 归师勿遏 、 水落归槽 、 解甲归田 、 归途 、 纵虎归山 、 递归 、 归属感 、 归谬法 、 海归 、 归籍 、 归属

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 100
• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 91
• Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 82
• Scroll 19 Da Ban Niepan Jing Ji Jie 大般涅槃經集解 — count: 74
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 58
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 55
• Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 53
• Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 51
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 50
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 49

Collocations

• 归佛 (歸佛) 身自歸佛 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 21
• 归宫 (歸宮) 太子聞已即迴車歸宮 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 归法 (歸法) 歸法 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4
• 归佛法僧 (歸佛法僧) 歸佛法僧 — Sutra on Śakra's Questions (Dishi Suo Wen Jing) 帝釋所問經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 归人形 (歸人形) 死皆歸人形 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 归无常 (歸無常) 皆亦歸無常 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 归起 (歸起) 香姓婆羅門持舍利瓶歸起塔廟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 归比丘僧 (歸比丘僧) 歸比丘僧 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 28 — count: 4
• 车归 (車歸) 太子聞已即迴車歸宮 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 归重阁讲堂 (歸重閣講堂) 共還歸重閣講堂 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 3