終局

See also: 终局

Chinese

		end; finish	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (終局)		終	局
simp. (终局)		终	局

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngjú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ guk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiong-kio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjyú
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chü²
  - Yale: jūng-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjyu
  - Palladius: чжунцзюй (čžunczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ guk⁶
  - Yale: jūng guhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ guk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongkiok
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ kiɔk̚²⁴/

Noun

終局

end; outcome

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (終局):

→ Japanese: 終(しゅう)局(きょく) (shūkyoku)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	局
しゅう Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうきょく [shùúkyókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːkʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

終(しゅう)局(きょく) • (shūkyoku)

end, conclusion
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 20, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  円(まる)い輪(わ)になっているものを一(ひと)粒(つぶ)ずつ数(かぞ)えてゆけば、どこまで数(かぞ)えていっても終(しゅう)局(きょく)はありません。
  Marui wa ni natte iru mono o hitotsubu zutsu kazoete yukeba, doko made kazoete itte mo shūkyoku wa arimasen.
  If you count bead by bead on a circular band, no matter how high you count there will be no end.
(go, shogi) end of a match

References

“終局”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026