Translation

• to return
• to go back to
• to give back to
• (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
• to belong to
• to gather together
• (used between two identical verbs) despite
• to marry (of a woman) (old)
• division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Synonyms

• 回, 回到, 回去, 回来, 归来, 赶回, 返, 返回
• 偿, 偿清, 偿还, 发还, 奉还, 完璧归赵, 归还, 清偿, 清还, 物归原主, 璧还, 还, 还给, 送还
• 归拢, 归着, 归集, 理顺
• 名下, 属, 归于, 归入, 归属, 百川归海, 直辖, 着落, 落, 责有攸归
• 由

Examples

• 他们无家可归。
  They have no house to live in.
• 他无家可归。
  He has no house to live in.
• 玩笑归玩笑，事情进展得怎么样了？
  Joking aside, how are things going?