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

• 回复(回復) to reply to ; to turn around; to repeatedly change ; to restore; to reinstate
• 回旋 to spiral; to cycle around ; a cyclotron; a slalom ; to turn around ; to change
• 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
• 回空 to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)
• 逆回音 inverted turn (ornament in music)
• 回覆 to reply
• 回返 to return; to go back; to come back
• 交回 to give back
• 回娘家 (of a wife) to return to her parental home; to return to one's old place, job, school etc
• 回购(回購) buyback; repurchase; to buy back
• 回见(回見) See you later!
• 回回青 cobalt blue; Mohammedan blue
• 追回 to recover; to get back
• 回去 to return; to come back ; to pass away; to die
• 线性回归(線性回歸) linear regression
• 揭回 take back
• 回锅油(回鍋油) to use the same oil repeatedly for deep frying
• 回老家 to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place
• 颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
• 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
• 驳回(駁回) to reject; to turn down; to overrule
• 释回(釋回) to release from custody
• 回国(回國) to return to one's home country
• 不当一回事(不當一回事) not regard as a matter (of any importance)
• 巡回分析端口(巡迴分析端口) Roving Analysis Port / RAP
• 回顾(回顧) to remember; to review ; to look back
• 回弹(回彈) (of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to rebound; to bounce back
• 回民 Hui ethnic group
• 扳回 to pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc); to recover from (an adverse situation)
• 上回 last time; the previous time
• 姦回 criminal; obscene
• 迂回奔袭(迂回奔襲) to attack from an unexpected direction
• 回目 chapter title (in a novel)
• 回忆(回憶) a recollection
• 回笼(回籠) to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer; to withdraw currency from circulation
• 回访(回訪) (pay a) return visit
• 回锋收笔(鋒回收筆) a hooked-like movement of the brush at the end of a stroke
• 回潮 to become moist again; to revive (usually bad)
• 荡气回肠(蕩氣回腸) heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving
• 回请(回請) to return an invitation
• 补回(補回) to make up for; to compensate
• 回教 Islam
• 回信 to reply to a letter; to write back ; a reply letter
• 发回(發回) to send back; to return
• 回纹针(回紋針) a paperclip

Also contained in

管城回族区 、 章回小说 、 寻甸回族彝族自治县 、 方回 、 回疆 、 焉耆回族自治县

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
• 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 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
• 第二回 Chapter 97 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: 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
• 幸回 (幸回) 行幸回中 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 4
• 回曰 (回曰) 回曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — 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
• 万物回 (萬物回) 與萬物回周旋轉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
• 回邪曲 (回邪曲) 回邪曲直 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — 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