終於

See also: 终于

Chinese

		end; finish	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (終於)		終	於
simp. (终于)		终	于

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngyú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ jyu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiong-ir / chiong-î / chiong-u / chiong-i / chiong-û

(Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ i¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-yu; ⁵tson-yu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyú
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-yü²
  - Yale: jūng-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongyu
  - Palladius: чжунъюй (čžunʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    忠於／忠于
    終於／终于
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ jyu¹
  - Yale: jūng yū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ jy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    忠於／忠于
    終於／终于
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-ir
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-ir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ ɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-î
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'ii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-u
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'w
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-i
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'y
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-û
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-û
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciong'uu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ u²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zong¹ i¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ i³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-yu; ⁵tson-yu
  - MiniDict: tson^平 yu; tson^去 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-hhy; ²tson-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/, /t͡soŋ³³ ɦy⁴⁴/

Adverb

終於

finally; at last; eventually
我終於遇到知音了。 [MSC, trad.]
我终于遇到知音了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zhōngyú yùdào zhīyīn le. [Pinyin]
I finally met a soulmate.

Synonyms

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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)
終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
高低 (gāodī)