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Meaning of 回

Pinyin huí

Radical

囗

Strokes

Definition

(a measure word for matters or actions) a time / to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Islam

Usage

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回 huí 1. To return, to go to the original place: ～家 (return home). 2. To turn around: ～首 (look back). ～顾 (glance back). ～眸 (turn one’s gaze). ～暧 (turn lovingly). 神手～春 (a skillful hand returns spring). 3. To twist, to wind around, to rotate: ～旋 (whirl). ～肠 (twisted intestines). ～廊 (a winding corridor). 4. To reply, to reciprocate: ～信 (reply letter). ～话 (respond). ～绝 (rebuttal). 5. A measure word indicating the frequency of events: 两～事 (two times). 6. A section of storytelling, a chapter in a serialized novel: 且听下～分解 (now let’s listen to the following chapter). 7. A Chinese ethnic minority found throughout most of China: ～族 (the Hui nationality). ～教 (Islam, also referred to as Hui Religion in China). 8. A surname. 动本义: 回旋；旋转造字法: 囘为回的古字；廻为迴的俗字。囬、迴同回。象形。甲骨文象渊水回旋之形。 1. To whirl; to circle. 2. To surround; to encircle. 3. To turn around. 4. To return; to go back. 5. To report back; to reply. 6. To change. 7. To go against. 8. To refuse or decline an invitation. 9. To avoid, to evade people one dislikes. 10. To resell; to sell again. 11. To ask. 形 1. Winding; twisted. 2. Crafty and evil. 量 1. Times (used for actions). 2. Chapter (used for novels, equivalent to "chapter"). 3. A moment (used for short periods). 4. A number of incidents, equivalent to "cases" or "items." 5. A situation or condition for a specific purpose or development. 名 1. An abbreviation for the Hui nationality. 2. The folds, twists, or spirals of organs (especially the brain). 3. A surname.

回味无穷 huí wèi wú qióng

leaving a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable / lingering in memory

召回 zhào huí

to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)

回吐 huí tǔ

to regurgitate / (fig.) (of a stock market) to give up (gains)

回去 huí qu

to return / to go back

回来 huí lai

to return / to come back

唤回 huàn huí

call back / recall

回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ

to go from anger to happiness (idiom)

回答 huí dá

to reply / to answer / the answer / CL:個|个[ge4]

回家 huí jiā

to return home

回头 huí tóu

to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by

返回 fǎn huí

to return to / to come (or go) back

一回 yī huí

turn / once / bout / one time

回国 huí guó

to return to one's home country

收回 shōu huí

to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke

回过 huí guò

Back

回忆 huí yì

to recall / memories / CL:個|个[ge4]

回顾 huí gù

to look back / to review

回归 huí guī

to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)

回报 huí bào

(in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate

回事 huí shì

(old) to report to one's master

来回 lái huí

to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly

这回 zhè huí

this time

回避 huí bì

to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)

不堪回首 bù kān huí shǒu

unbearable memories / Old memories are too bitter to recall

回填 huí tián

to backfill

回复 huí fù

to reply / to recover / to return (to a previous condition) / Re: in reply to (email)

宁夏回族自治区 Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Ying2 chuan1]

夺回 duó huí

to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back

回升 huí shēng

to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)

巡回 xún huí

to go around / to roam / to tour

巡回演出 xún huí yǎn chū

(theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances

巡回赛 xún huí sài

tour

回帖 huí tiē

to reply to an invitation / (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic

带回 dài huí

to bring back

回廊 huí láng

winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)

回忆录 huí yì lù

memoir

威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 Wēi níng Yí zú Huí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn

Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou

往回 wǎng huí

Back

回到 huí dào

to return to

回扣 huí kòu

brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback

扳回 bān huí

to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables

找回 zhǎo huí

to retrieve

折回 zhé huí

to turn back / to retrace one's steps

挽回 wǎn huí

to retrieve / to redeem

无可挽回 wú kě wǎn huí

irrevocable / the die is cast

捞回 lāo huí

Salvage

撤回 chè huí

to recall / to revoke / to retract

回撤 huí chè

retracement / withdraw. / to draw back

回敬 huí jìng

to return a compliment / to give sth in return

回旋 huí xuán

to turn around / maneuvering room / leeway

回暖 huí nuǎn

(of the weather) to warm up again

回溯 huí sù

to recall / to look back upon

焉耆回族自治县 Yān qí Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn

Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang

回眸 huí móu

to glance back / to look back / retrospective

回禀 huí bǐng

to report back to one's superior

九曲回肠 jiǔ qū huí cháng

Ileum

回乡 huí xiāng

return to one's home village / return home

回笼 huí lóng

to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation

回绕 huí rào

winding

缩回 suō huí

retraction / anastole

回天乏术 huí tiān fá shù

unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) / to fail to save the situation

回荡 huí dàng

to resound / to reverberate / to echo

萦回 yíng huí

hover / linger

赎回 shú huí

to redeem

回购 huí gòu

buyback / repurchase / to buy back

迂回 yū huí

roundabout route / circuitous / tortuous / to outflank / indirect / roundabout

回赠 huí zèng

give a gift in return

赶回 gǎn huí

redrive / run back

轮回 lún huí

to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4]

迁回 qiān huí

Move back

迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles

回返 huí fǎn

to return / to go back / to come back

退回 tuì huí

to return (an item) / to send back / to go back

送回 sòng huí

remand / send back / lay back / give back / get back

回銮 huí luán

return of the emperor

回锅 huí guō

to cook again / to rewarm food

回馈 huí kuì

to repay a favor / to give back / feedback

驳回 bó huí

to reject / to turn down / to overrule

回鹘 Huí hú

Huihu, Tang dynasty name of ethnic group corresponding to modern Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]