Chinese symbol for “eventually”
终究
zhōng jiū
Traditional: 終究
in the end; after all; eventually
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eventually is 终究 (zhōng jiū), defined as: in the end; after all; eventually.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “eventually”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 总 (總) | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall; to sum up |
| 终久 (終久) | zhōng jiǔ | in the end; eventually |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 终究.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最终 (最終) | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 始终 (始終) | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along |
| 终止 (終止) | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate |
| 终身 (終身) | zhōng shēn | lifelong; all one's life |
| 终结 (終結) | zhōng jié | end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth) |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research; a study |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eventually”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.