HSK 6 · Function Words

终究 zhōngjiū “after all” in Chinese

Traditional 終究

What 终究 means

  1. after all
  2. in the end
  3. eventually

How to say 终究

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale终zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale究jiū1st tone, high and level

终究 in a sentence

  1. 他终究还是来了。

    Tā zhōngjiū háishi lái le.

    He came in the end after all.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子终究是孩子，别对他要求太高。

    Háizi zhōngjiū shì háizi, bié duì tā yāoqiú tài gāo.

    Children are only children, after all. Don’t expect too much of him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 终究 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 终 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
终zhōngend
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 冬part of the characterSound part
The character 究 (jiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
究jiūafter all
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 九nine · jiǔSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 九 (jiǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiū.

How to write 终究

终 8 strokes · 究 7 strokes

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

Words related to 终究

Words with 终

终于zhōngyú · at last最终zuìzhōng · final始终shǐzhōng · from beginning to end终身zhōngshēn · lifelong终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line

Words with 究

究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter研究yánjiū · to research讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about追究zhuījiū · to investigate

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咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual之际zhījì · at the time of致使zhìshǐ · to cause众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows幢zhuàng · (measure word for buildings)总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short足以zúyǐ · enough to

FAQs

终究 (zhōngjiū) means “after all” or “in the end”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōngjiū: zhōng with a 1st tone, then jiū with a 1st 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, 终究 is written 終究. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 终究 from the suggestions. Typing zhongjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
终究 is an HSK 6 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.