终 (zhōng) means End (finish - final). Below are 24 of the 62 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
他始 终 没有放弃。
Tā shǐzhōng méiyǒu fàngqì.
He never gave up from beginning to end.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 始终
纸 终 究包不住火。
Zhǐ zhōngjiū bāo bu zhù huǒ.
Paper cannot in the end wrap up fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终究
学习是 终 身的事。
Xuéxí shì zhōngshēn de shì.
Learning is a lifelong business.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终身
比赛因大雨 终 止。
Bǐsài yīn dàyǔ zhōngzhǐ.
The match was called off because of heavy rain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终止
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
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
她始 终 相信这件事。
Tā shǐzhōng xiāngxìn zhè jiàn shì.
She has believed this all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 始终
病人 终 于苏醒过来。
Bìngrén zhōngyú sūxǐng guòlái.
The patient finally regained consciousness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苏醒
他 终 究还是回来了。
Tā zhōngjiū háishi huílái le.
In the end he came back after all.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终究
双方同意 终 止合同。
Shuāngfāng tóngyì zhōngzhǐ hétong.
Both sides agreed to terminate the contract.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终止
双方最 终 达成了一致。
Shuāngfāng zuìzhōng dá chéng le yízhì.
The two sides finally reached agreement.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 达成
这个组织最 终 解体了。
Zhège zǔzhī zuìzhōng jiětǐ le.
This organisation eventually fell apart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解体
这个古国最 终 灭亡了。
Zhège gǔguó zuìzhōng mièwáng le.
This ancient state eventually perished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灭亡
法院作出了最 终 判决。
Fǎyuàn zuòchū le zuìzhōng pànjué.
The court handed down its final judgment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 判决
双方最 终 走上了诉讼。
Shuāngfāng zuìzhōng zǒu shàng le sùsòng.
The two sides ended up in litigation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诉讼
对方最 终 选择了投降。
Duìfāng zuìzhōng xuǎnzé le tóuxiáng.
The other side finally chose to surrender.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投降
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
他第一个跑到了 终 点。
Tā dì yī ge pǎo dào le zhōngdiǎn.
He was the first to reach the finish.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终点
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
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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 appears in 62 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.
Words that contain 终
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Questions about 终
How is 终 used in a sentence?
This page shows 62 sentences using 终 (zhōng, "End (finish - final)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 终 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 终 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 终?
The dictionary page for 终 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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