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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 归根结底

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ - in the final analysis
- ultimately

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 23,178 23,911 19,831

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guī- surname Gui
guī- to return
- to go back to
- to give back to
- (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
- to belong to
- to gather together
- (used between two identical verbs) despite
- to marry (of a woman) (old)
- division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
gēn- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- radical (chemistry)
jiē- (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
- Taiwan pr. [jie2]
jié- knot
- sturdy
- bond
- to tie
- to bind
- to check out (of a hotel)
de- (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- bottom; base
- background; foundation
- copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
- (suffix) end of a year or month
- (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4])

Other Words Containing 归根结底

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
归根结底 - - 23,178 23,911 19,831