终 zhōng end
end; finally
怎么记住“终”: 纟 silk + 冬 winter = end. The old tailor pulls the last stitch of silk through the coat as the long winter fades, and smiles, finally at the end.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
终 = 纟 silk + 冬 winter
- 纟 silk meaning
- 冬 winter sound
- 夂 downward foot
- ⺀ two dots
The old tailor pulls the last stitch of silk through the coat as the long winter fades, and smiles, finally at the end.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and winter gives the sound; before that, the character was a picture of a knot at the end of a cord.
用法
- Sense of end/finally: 终于 (zhōngyú) 'at last' after long anticipation: 终于到了 (zhōngyú dào le) finally arrived.
- 终于 marks a hoped-for outcome; 最终 (zuìzhōng) is a more neutral 'ultimately/in the end.'
- 始终 (shǐzhōng) means 'all along, from start to finish': 始终坚持 (shǐzhōng jiānchí) to persist throughout.
- 终身 (zhōngshēn) = lifelong (终身学习 lifelong learning); 终点 (zhōngdiǎn) = the finish/end point.
含“终”的词语
- 终于zhōngyúat lastHSK 3
- 最终zuìzhōngfinalHSK 4
- 始终shǐzhōngfrom beginning to endHSK 5
- 年终niánzhōngend of the yearHSK 6
- 终点zhōngdiǎnthe endHSK 6
- 终身zhōngshēnlifelongHSK 6
- 终极zhōngjíultimateHSK 7
- 终止zhōngzhǐto stopHSK 7
- 终生zhōngshēngthroughout one's lifeHSK 7
- 终究zhōngjiūin the endHSK 7
- 终结zhōngjiéendHSK 7
- 自始至终zìshǐ-zhìzhōngfrom start to finish (idiom)HSK 7
- 终端zhōngduānendHSK 9
例句
- 我终于到达了山顶。 Wǒ zhōngyú dàodále shāndǐng.I finally got to the top of the mountain.