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  gau3   jyutping
  jiu1 jiu4   pinyin
[1] [v] investigate; dig into; study carefully
[2] [adv] after all; actually; really

Pinyin jiu1 is China reading; jiu4 is Taiwan reading.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: adverb
Stroke count: 7
Level: 2
Radical: (#116)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 8046 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Feb 2014 00:46

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detail  jin4 gau3 saang1  yan2 jiu1 sheng1 = postgraduate student
detail  gau3 ging2  jiu4 jing4 (Taiwan), jiu1 jing4 (PRC) = [1] actually [2] after all; in the end
detail  jin4 gau3  yan2 jiu4 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 (PRC) = research
detail  jin4 gau3 so2  yan2 jiu4 suo3 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 suo3 (PRC) = research institution; graduate school (Taiwan)
detail  zeoi1 gau3  zhui1 jiu4 (Taiwan), zhui1 jiu1 (PRC) = to investigate; to look into
detail  zung1 gau3  zhong1 jiu4 (Taiwan), zhong1 jiu1 (PRC) = in the end; after all is said and done
detail  gong2 gau3  jiang3 jiu4 (Taiwan), jiang3 jiu1 (PRC) = to pay particular attention to; aesthetic; exquisite
detail  jin4 gau3 jyun4  yan2 jiu4 yuan2 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 yuan2 (PRC) = researcher
detail  cam4 gan1 gau3 dai2  xun2 gen1 jiu4 di3 (Taiwan), xun2 gen1 jiu1 di3 (PRC) = inquire deeply into
detail  sam1 jap6 jin4 gau3  shen1 ru4 yan2 jiu4 (Taiwan), shen1 ru4 yan2 jiu1 (PRC) = lucubrate (produce scholarship); deep research
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 43 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 究
detail 可惡究竟係咩
Ugh, what actually happened [just now]?
[This is a common phrase in some TV shows. 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?"]
detail 究竟定係  ?! 
Actually, does chicken come first or egg first?
detail 生性好奇, 甚麼事情研究一番
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.
detail 考古學研究人類文化歷史學科
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history
detail 究竟喺度鬼主意
What's evil plan is he actually executing?
detail 科學家科學方法研究
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.
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