結局

See also: 结局

Chinese

		knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (結局)		結	局
simp. (结局)		结	局

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiéjú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): git³ guk⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiet-khiu̍k / kiat-khiu̍k

(Hailu, HRS): gied kiug^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): geh⁶ goeh⁷ / geh⁶ gyoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiat-kio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴ gêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyú
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-chü²
  - Yale: jyé-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyu
  - Palladius: цзецзюй (czeczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: git³ guk⁶
  - Yale: git guhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸ guk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gid³ gug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³ kʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-khiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ kiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ kiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² kʰi̯uk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-khiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ kiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ kiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² kʰi̯uk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gied kiug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kiet⁵⁻² kʰiuk²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ goeh⁷ [Phonetic: geh⁷ goeh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geh-ge̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ kœʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ gyoeh⁷ [Phonetic: geh⁷ gyoeh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²⁻⁴ kyøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatkiok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kiɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gag⁴ gêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak ke̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²⁻⁴ kek̚⁴/

Noun

結局

final result; outcome; conclusion
- 1988, “你是我的唯一 [You Are My Only One]”, 邢增華 (lyrics), performed by 巫啟賢:
  
  或許你不相信　我很滿意這樣的結局 [MSC, trad.]
  或许你不相信　我很满意这样的结局 [MSC, simp.]
  huòxǔ nǐ bù xiāngxìn, wǒ hěn mǎnyì zhèyàng de jiéjú [Pinyin]
  Perhaps you don't believe,
  That I am very satisfied with this outcome; […]
ending; dénouement; the last act of a play
得到一個好結局／得到一个好结局 ― dédào yī ge hǎo jiéjú ― to get a happy ending

Synonyms

(final result):

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分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
後果 / 后果 (hòuguǒ) (chiefly negative)
惡果 / 恶果 (èguǒ) (negative)
效應 / 效应 (xiàoyìng) (chiefly in biology, chemistry)
效果 (xiàoguǒ) (chiefly positive)
歸結 / 归结 (guījié)
產物 / 产物 (chǎnwù) (figurative)
結果 / 结果

Japanese

Kanji in this term
結	局
けつ > けっ Grade: 4	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けっきょく [kèkkyókúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
(Tokyo) けっきょく [kèkkyókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟]

Adverb

結(けっ)局(きょく) • (kekkyoku)

eventually, after all
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
  結局(けっきょく)のところ、街頭(がいとう)に抗議者(こうぎしゃ)らが溢(あふ)れたのは政治(せいじ)だけのせいではない。
  Kekkyoku no tokoro, gaitō ni kōgisha-ra ga afureta no wa seiji dake no sei de wa nai.
  After all, politics alone has not put protesters into the streets.

Korean

Hanja in this term
結	局

Adverb

結局 • (gyeolguk) (hangeul 결국)

hanja form^? of 결국 (“finally”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
結	局

Adverb

結局

chữ Hán form of kết cuộc (“finally”)