总归

總歸

zǒngguī

adverb #15,565

Meanings

1 in any case
2 anyhow
3 after all

Characters

always; overall; in total

to return; to belong to; after all

Examples

这件事总归要有个结果。

Zhè jiàn shì zǒngguī yào yǒu gè jiéguǒ.

This matter will have a result one way or another.

总归是自己的孩子，不能不管。

Zǒngguī shì zìjǐ de háizi, bù néng bù guǎn.

After all, it's your own child — you can't just ignore them.

Tips

usage

Similar to 毕竟 (after all) and 总之 (in short), but 总归 has a more colloquial, resigned tone — like saying "well, at the end of the day..." It's more common in spoken Chinese.

Stroke Order

总 zǒng

归 guī