归结

歸結

guījié

verb HSK 7-9 #16,652

Meanings

To converge to a conclusion.

问题归结为一点：资金不足。

Wèntí guījié wéi yīdiǎn: zījīn bùzú.

The problem comes down to one thing: insufficient funds.

他把失败归结于运气不好。

Tā bǎ shībài guījié yú yùnqi bùhǎo.

He attributed his failure to bad luck.

归结起来，有以下三个原因。

Guījié qǐlái, yǒu yǐxià sān gè yuányīn.

To sum up, there are the following three reasons.

usage

Common patterns: 归结为 (come down to), 归结于 (attribute to), 归结起来 (to sum up). Similar to 总结 but focuses more on tracing back to a core cause.

归 guī

结 jié