终 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
终结
zhōngjié
to end; to bring to a close
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新协议并没有立即终结争端，但至少为双方恢复谈判创造了条件。 Xīn xiéyì bìng méiyǒu lìjí zhōngjié zhēngduān, dàn zhìshǎo wèi shuāngfāng huīfù tánpàn chuàngzào le tiáojiàn. The new agreement did not immediately end the dispute, but at least created conditions for both sides to resume negotiations.
- 这场雨终于终结了长达三个月的干旱。 Zhè chǎng yǔ zhōngyú zhōngjié le chángdá sān gè yuè de gānhàn. This rain finally ended the drought that had lasted three months.
- 裁判的哨声终结了这场激烈的比赛。 Cáipàn de shàoshēng zhōngjié le zhè chǎng jīliè de bǐsài. The referee's whistle brought an end to the intense match.
Related words
- 始终 shǐzhōng all along
- 终于 zhōngyú finally
- 终点 zhōngdiǎn finish line; end point
- 终身 zhōngshēn lifelong
- 终止 zhōngzhǐ to stop; to end
- 年终 niánzhōng end of the year
- 终端 zhōngduān terminal; end device
- 终极 zhōngjí ultimate; final
- 终究 zhōngjiū after all; in the end
- 终生 zhōngshēng lifelong; all one’s life
- 自始至终 zìshǐzhìzhōng from beginning to end; throughout
- 结果 jiéguǒ result; in the end