归
Meanings
1. to return
2. to go back to
3. to give back to
4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
5. to belong to
6. to gather together
7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
8. to marry (of a woman) (old)
9. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
Characters used
Examples7
工作 归 工作, 学习 归 学习。
Work is work, play is play.
它 现在 归 我 了。
It belongs to me now.
归 我 了。
Dibs.
玩笑 归 玩笑, 事情 进展 得 怎么样 了?
Joking aside, how are things going?
谁 捡 到 就 归 谁!
Finders keepers!
汤姆 无处 可 归。
Tom had nowhere to return to.