回 huí

1. huí verb to go back; to return
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 返; for example, 回家 'return home' (Guoyu '回' v 2)
2. huí verb to turn around; to revolve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 掉转 (Guoyu '回' v 1)
3. huí verb to change
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 改变 (Guoyu '回' v 3)
4. huí verb to reply; to answer
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 答复; for example, 回答 'to answer' (Guoyu '回' v 4)
5. huí verb to decline; to politely refuse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 谢绝 (Guoyu '回' v 6)
6. huí verb to depart
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 避开 (Guoyu '回' v 7)
7. huí proper noun Huizu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Ethnic Group 民族
   Notes: In the sense of 回族 (Guoyu '回' n 1)
8. huí measure word a time; an act
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Measure word for trips, times to do something, or chapters in a book (Guoyu '回' n 2)
9. huí proper noun Huizu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '回' n 3)

Contained in

• 寻回犬(尋回犬) retriever
• 回头是岸(回頭是岸) the shore is right before you; to repent and start afresh
• 回程 return trip
• 回答 to reply; to answer ; to report back
• 回回青 cobalt blue; Mohammedan blue
• 巡回法庭(巡迴法庭) circuit court
• 调回(調回) to recall
• 回交 backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent)
• 缠回(纏回) muslim with a turban
• 回禄之灾(回祿之災) to have one's house burned down; fire disaster
• 回报(回報) to report back ; to repay ; to retaliate; to get revenge
• 回光返照 final radiance of the setting sun ; final final lucidity of someone facing death ; for something that previously flourished to be destroyed in an instant
• 扳回一城 to recover some lost ground (in a competition)
• 回升 to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
• 起死回生 to rise from the dead; an unexpected recovery
• 回神 to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked)
• 角回 angular gyrus (convolution of the brain)
• 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
• 不回 to not go back
• 片甲不回 not even a piece armor returned [after defeat in battle]
• 回击(回擊) to counterattack
• 回文 palindrome
• 几回(幾回) a few times ; how many times?
• 回回 time and again; every time ; Hui ethnic group
• 回马枪(回馬槍) sudden thrust
• 请您回复(請您回復) repondez s'il vous plait; R.S.V.P.; please reply
• 回首 to turn around; to look back ; to recollect ; to die
• 回教徒 Muslim
• 回暖 (of the weather) to warm up again
• 一去不回 gone forever
• 赎回(贖回) to redeem
• 败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
• 回顾历史(回顧歷史) to look back at history
• 回肠荡气(回腸盪氣) soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork); heart-rending; deeply moving
• 回执单(回執單) receipt
• 回单(回單) receipt
• 头一回(頭一回) the first time; for the first time
• 回锅肉(回鍋肉) twice-cooked pork
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 旋回 to cycle
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 退回 to return (an item); to send back; to go back
• 夺回(奪回) to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
• 回赠(回贈) to give back
• 头回(頭回) for the first time; on the previous occasion; last time (something occurred)
• 收回 to regain; to retake ; to cancel; to withdraw; to revoke
• 回冲(回沖) backwash
• 回心转意(回心轉意) to change one's mind

Also contained in

张家川回族自治县 、 章回小说 、 巍山彝族回族自治县

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二十八　列傳第十八 褚裕之 Volume 28 Biographies 18: Chu Yuzhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 83
• 卷八十三 列傳第四十三 宗越 吳喜 黃回 Volume 83 Biographies 43: Zong Yue, Wu Xi, Huang Hui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 31
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 30
• 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
• 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 27
• 卷四十　　列傳第三十 魯爽 薛安都 鄧琬 宗越 吳喜 黃回 Volume 40 Biographies 30: Liu Shuang, Xue Andou, Deng Wan, Zong Yue, Wu Xi, Huang Hui History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 26
• 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 25
• 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24
• 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24
• 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24

Collocations

• 回中 (回中) 過回中 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 9
• 回远 (回遠) 回遠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 6
• 通回 (通回) 通回造化之母也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一　要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 6
• 回遹 (回遹) 謀猶回遹 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — count: 4
• 回曰 (回曰) 回曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 回故里 (回故里) 這個人兒回故里 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si — count: 3
• 邅回 (邅回) 邅回川谷之間 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
• 行幸回 (行幸回) 行幸回中 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 3
• 杜回 (杜回) 獲杜回 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 人儿回 (人兒回) 這個人兒回故里 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si — count: 3