Chinese word dictionary

归咎

guī jiù · to put the blame on; to accuse

Practice word

Word information

Simplified归咎

Traditional歸咎

Pinyinguī jiù

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

归guī

to return, to go back; to return to, to revert

咎jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake

How to learn 归咎

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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归guī

surname Gui; 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

归还guīhuán

to return sth; to revert

改邪归正gǎixié-guīzhèng

to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

归根到底guīgēn-dàodǐ

after all; in the final analysis; ultimately

归结guījié

to sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell; conclusion; end (of a story etc)

归来guīlái

to return; to come back