終須

Chinese

		end; finish	necessary; must; need
trad. (終須)		終	須
simp. (终须)		终	须

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ seoi¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ su¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ seoi¹
    • Yale: jūng sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong¹ su¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ su³³/

Adverb

終須

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) eventually; one day

   佢終須會去多倫多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢终须会去多伦多。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zung¹ seoi¹ wui⁵ heoi³ do¹ leon⁴ do¹. [Jyutping]

   One day, he will go to Toronto.

Usage notes

終須／终须 is for talking about an undetermined time in the future, but 終於／终于 (zhōngyú) is for talking about a determined time in the past or in the present.

Synonyms

• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)