终于 (zhōngyú) means Finally (at last). Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 终于 完成作业了。
Wǒ zhōngyú wánchéng zuòyè le.
I have finally finished my homework.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 终于
等了半天，他 终于 来了。
Děng le bàntiān, tā zhōngyú lái le.
After a long wait, he finally turned up.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 终于
船 终于 靠上了陆地。
Chuán zhōngyú kào shàng le lùdì.
The boat finally reached land.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆地
他 终于 实现了梦想。
Tā zhōngyú shíxiàn le mèngxiǎng.
He finally realised his dream.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 梦想
病人 终于 苏醒过来。
Bìngrén zhōngyú sūxǐng guòlái.
The patient finally regained consciousness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苏醒
研究 终于 取得了突破。
Yánjiū zhōngyú qǔdé le tūpò.
The research has finally made a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 突破
调查 终于 揭开了真相。
Diàochá zhōngyú jiē kāi le zhēnxiàng.
The investigation finally uncovered the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真相
好运 终于 降临到他身上。
Hǎoyùn zhōngyú jiànglín dào tā shēnshang.
Good fortune finally came his way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 降临
他 终于 拿到了大学文凭。
Tā zhōngyú ná dào le dàxué wénpíng.
He finally got his university diploma.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 文凭
这个问题我 终于 弄清楚了。
Zhège wèntí wǒ zhōngyú nòng qīngchu le.
I have finally got this question straight.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 弄
他 终于 达到了自己的目标。
Tā zhōngyú dá dào le zìjǐ de mùbiāo.
He finally reached his goal.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 达到
双方谈了三次 终于 成交了。
Shuāngfāng tán le sān cì zhōngyú chéngjiāo le.
After three rounds of talks the two sides finally struck a deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成交
他 终于 兑现了自己的诺言。
Tā zhōngyú duìxiàn le zìjǐ de nuòyán.
He finally made good on his promise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 兑现
工作 终于 走上了正常轨道。
Gōngzuò zhōngyú zǒu shàng le zhèngcháng guǐdào.
Work has finally got onto a normal track.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 轨道
太好啦，我们 终于 成功了！
Tài hǎo la, wǒmen zhōngyú chénggōng le!
Wonderful, we finally succeeded!
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 啦
他 终于 领悟了老师的用意。
Tā zhōngyú lǐngwù le lǎoshī de yòngyì.
He finally grasped what his teacher meant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领悟
他 终于 戒掉了酗酒的习惯。
Tā zhōngyú jiè diào le xùjiǔ de xíguàn.
He finally gave up his heavy drinking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 酗酒
他们 终于 征服了这座高峰。
Tāmen zhōngyú zhēngfú le zhè zuò gāofēng.
They finally conquered this peak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 征服
经过调解，双方 终于 和解了。
Jīngguò tiáojiě, shuāngfāng zhōngyú héjiě le.
After mediation the two sides were finally reconciled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 和解
今年 终于 扭转了亏损的局面。
Jīnnián zhōngyú niǔzhuǎn le kuīsǔn de júmiàn.
This year the losses were finally turned around.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
他们 终于 扭转了不利的局面。
Tāmen zhōngyú niǔzhuǎn le búlì de júmiàn.
They finally turned the unfavourable situation around.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扭转
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From the graded readers
今年春天，我 终于 回去了一趟。
jīnnián chūntiān, wǒ zhōngyú huíqu le / liǎo / liào yī tàng.
This spring I finally went back.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我也 终于 明白，能长期做下去的，才叫努力。
wǒ yě zhōngyú míngbai, néng chángqī zuò xiàqu de / dì, cái jiào nǔlì.
And I finally understood that only what you can keep doing counts as effort.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
终于 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 终于
How is 终于 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 终于 (zhōngyú, "Finally (at last)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 终于 an HSK word?
Yes — 终于 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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