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(zhōng yú) - finally, at last in Mandarin

zhōng

Traditional: 終於

Line drawing of 终于
Coloured illustration of 终于
HSK 4
#662 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

finally, at last

Word origin

终于 (zhōngyú) 'finally, at last' joins 终 (zhōng, 'end') and 于 (yú, 'at, in'). 终 (traditional 終) has the 纟(silk) radical with 冬 (dōng) as phonetic, originally the end of a thread; 于 is a grammatical preposition.

Origin
compound
Root
终 (zhōng, 纟silk radical + 冬 phonetic, 'end') + 于 (yú, 'at')

Stroke order

Stroke order for 终

Stroke order for 于

Examples

I finally finished my homework.

He has finally arrived.

We're finally home.

The rain finally stopped.

I finally understood what he meant.

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This word is part of lesson 14.