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

• 赎回(贖回) to redeem
• 寻回犬(尋回犬) retriever
• 回想 to recall; to recollect
• 不撞南墙不回头(不撞南牆不回頭) to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas
• 回访(回訪) (pay a) return visit
• 回见(回見) See you later!
• 回返 to return; to go back; to come back
• 回奉 to return a compliment; to give a return present
• 回响(回響) to echo; to respond ; an echo; a response /a reverberation
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 回鹘(回鶻) Huihu
• 下回 next chapter; next time
• 梯度回波 gradient echo
• 回怼(回懟) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics)
• 回佣 commission; sales
• 回肠(回腸) ileum
• 回暖 (of the weather) to warm up again
• 发回(發回) to send back; to return
• 召回 to call back; to recall [a product]
• 有去无回(有去無回) gone forever
• 回转寿司(回轉壽司) conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
• 一回生二回熟 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough
• 回话(回話) to reply
• 回老家 to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place
• 几回(幾回) a few times ; how many times?
• 回音 echo
• 回光反照 final radiance of setting sun; dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
• 回弹(回彈) (of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to rebound; to bounce back
• 回条(回條) receipt; note acknowledging receipt
• 回到 to return to
• 巡回演出(巡迴演出) (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
• 解回 to send back
• 回收 to recycle; to retrieve
• 返回 to return
• 回纹针(回紋針) a paperclip ; paper clip
• 找回 to retrieve; to get back
• 回冲(回沖) backwash
• 夺回(奪回) to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
• 来回来去地(來回來去地) backwards and forwards
• 不回 to not go back
• 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
• 且听下回分解(且聽下回分解) to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
• 回国(回國) to return to one's home country

Also contained in

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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
• 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
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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 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
• 第二回 Chapter 85 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
• 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
• 回远 (回遠) 回遠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — 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
• 吴回 (吳回) 而以其弟吳回為重黎後 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚世家》 House of Chu — 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
• 回曰 (回曰) 回曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — 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
• 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