終須

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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

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/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zong¹ su¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong su
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ su³³/

Adverb

終須

(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

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Synonyms of 終須

到尾 (Min Dong)
到底 (dàodǐ)
卒之 (Cantonese)
算是 (suànshì)
高低 (gāodī)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
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)

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