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

• 回光反照 final radiance of setting sun; dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
• 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
• 裴回 to dither; to hesitate; to pace back and forth
• 巡回演出(巡迴演出) (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
• 来回(來回) to make a round trip ; back and forth multiple times
• 头回(頭回) for the first time; on the previous occasion; last time (something occurred)
• 回转寿司(回轉壽司) conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
• 去回票 round-trip ticket
• 回条(回條) receipt; note acknowledging receipt
• 脑回(腦回) gyrus (neuroanatomy)
• 回目 chapter title (in a novel)
• 回响(回響) to echo; to respond ; an echo; a response /a reverberation
• 回禄之灾(回祿之災) to have one's house burned down; fire disaster
• 回绕(回繞) winding
• 回天无力(回天無力) unable to turn around a hopeless situation; to fail to save the situation
• 话又说回来(話又說回來) returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...
• 回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 回旋余地(回旋餘地) leeway; latitude; room for freedom of action
• 回奉 to return a compliment; to give a return present
• 一回生二回熟 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough
• 回流 to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent)
• 回家 to return home
• 回娘家 (of a wife) to return to her parental home; to return to one's old place, job, school etc
• 百折不回 to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks; to be undaunted by repeated setbacks; to be indomitable
• 回教徒 Muslim
• 一回 once
• 回合 one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations)
• 回函 a reply (in writing)
• 回锋收笔(鋒回收筆) a hooked-like movement of the brush at the end of a stroke
• 回音 echo
• 扣带回(扣帶回) cingulum
• 回护(回護) to stick up for a wrongdoer
• 头一回(頭一回) the first time; for the first time
• 浪子回头金不换(浪子回頭金不換) a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
• 遮回 this time
• 回采(回採) stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction; to pull back
• 回神 to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked)
• 回跌 to fall back (of water level or share prices)
• 姦回 criminal; obscene
• 迂回(迂迴) roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout
• 回交 backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent)
• 回锅肉(回鍋肉) twice-cooked pork
• 回答 to reply; to answer ; to report back
• 回旋 to spiral; to cycle around ; a cyclotron; a slalom ; to turn around ; to change

Also contained in

回退 、 颜回 、 顺河回族区 、 寻甸回族彝族自治县 、 回疆 、 回部

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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 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
• 子回 (子回) 史子回 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — 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
• 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
• 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
• 回曰 (回曰) 回曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3