HSK 5 · Verbs

归纳 guīnà “to sum up” in Chinese

Traditional 歸納

What 归纳 means

  1. to sum up
  2. to conclude
  3. to summarise
  4. to conclude from facts
  5. induction (method of deduction in logic)

How to say 归纳

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale归guī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纳nà4th tone, falling

归纳 in a sentence

  1. 老师帮我们归纳了这一课的重点。

    Lǎoshī bāng wǒmen guīnà le zhè yí kè de zhòngdiǎn.

    The teacher summed up the key points of this lesson for us.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请把这几个句子的语法规律归纳一下。

    Qǐng bǎ zhè jǐ ge jùzi de yǔfǎ guīlǜ guīnà yíxià.

    Please work out the grammar rule behind these sentences.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 归纳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 归 (guī) drawn as one shape
归guīto return

归 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 纳 (nà) with each of its parts in a different colour
纳nàto receive
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 内inside · nèiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 内 (nèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with nà.

How to write 归纳

归 5 strokes · 纳 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

归纳 (guīnà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 归纳 (guīnà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 归纳

Words with 归

归还guīhuán · to return (something)归根到底guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis

Words with 纳

采纳cǎinà · to adopt容纳róngnà · to hold缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled

More words: Thinking & Talking

观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence喊hǎn · to yell忽视hūshì · to neglect胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise

FAQs

归纳 (guīnà) means “to sum up” or “to conclude”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guīnà: guī with a 1st tone, then nà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 归纳 is written 歸納. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guina with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 归纳 from the suggestions. Typing guina into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
归纳 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.