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
终究
zhōngjiū
after all; in the end
Characters in this word
究 jiū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 再周密的计划也终究离不开执行者的判断和临场调整。 Zài zhōumì de jìhuà yě zhōngjiū líbùkāi zhíxíngzhě de pànduàn hé línchǎng tiáozhěng. No matter how thorough a plan is, it ultimately depends on the implementer's judgement and on-the-spot adjustment.
- 他试了很多方法，问题终究没有解决。 Tā shìle hěn duō fāngfǎ, wèntí zhōngjiū méiyǒu jiějué. He tried many methods, but the problem was never solved in the end.
- 我知道他终究会回来的，所以我一直等他。 Wǒ zhīdào tā zhōngjiū huì huílái de, suǒyǐ wǒ yīzhí děng tā. I knew he would come back after all, so I kept waiting for him.
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
- 终结 zhōngjié to end; to bring to a close
- 终生 zhōngshēng lifelong; all one’s life
- 自始至终 zìshǐzhìzhōng from beginning to end; throughout
- 讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular