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終究

終究

See also: 终究

Chinese

		end; finish	after all; to investigate; to study carefully
trad. (終究)		終	究
simp. (终究)		终	究

Adverb

終究

eventually; after all; at last

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 終須 (zung1 seoi1)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngjiū, zhōngjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄡ, ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gau³
Min Nan (POJ): chiong-kiù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngjiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjiow
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ gau³
  - Yale: jūng gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gau³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongkiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²¹/