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

• 传回(傳回) to send back
• 追回 to recover / to get back
• 发回(發回) to send back / to return
• 有去无回(有去無回) gone forever
• 回教徒 Muslim
• 峰回路转(峰回路轉) the mountain road twists around each new peak / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / an opportunity has come unexpectedly
• 回家吃自己 to get sacked / to be fired
• 梯度回波 gradient echo
• 遮回 this time
• 回嗔作喜 to go from anger to happiness
• 妙手回春 magical hands bring the dying back to life / miracle cure / brilliant doctor
• 回旋曲 rondo
• 回车键(回車鍵) carriage return
• 回冲(回沖) backwash
• 回避(迴避) to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
• 回天无力(回天無力) unable to turn around a hopeless situation / to fail to save the situation
• 一回生二回熟 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough
• 回敬 to return a compliment / to give something in return
• 回春 return of spring
• 角回 angular gyrus (convolution of the brain)
• 回话(回話) to reply
• 当回事儿(當回事兒) to take seriously
• 回甜 to have a sweet aftertaste
• 回纹针(迴紋針) paper clip
• 回驳(回駁) to refute
• 买回(買回) to buy back / to redeem / repurchase
• 当回事(當回事) to take seriously (often with negative expression: don't take it too seriously)
• 迂回曲折 meandering and circuitous / complicated developments that never get anywhere
• 来回来去(來回來去) repeatedly / back and forth again
• 回路 a circuit / a loop
• 回目 chapter title (in a novel)
• 回单儿(回單兒) receipt
• 迂回(迂迴) roundabout route / circuitous / tortuous / to outflank / indirect / roundabout
• 话又说回来(話又說回來) returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,...
• 回请(回請) to return an invitation
• 打道回府 to go home (in a ceremonial procession) / to return home
• 回流 to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
• 回来(回來) to return / to come back ; wait on
• 回声定位(回聲定位) echolocation
• 起死回生 to rise from the dead / an unexpected recovery
• 找回 to retrieve / to get back
• 回族人 Hui person
• 回心转意(回心轉意) to change one's mind
• 多哈回合 Doha Round
• 赚回来(賺回來) to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)
• 补回(補回) to make up for / to compensate

Also contained in

贫僧说话的回响 、 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 、 轮回 、 回峰行 、 瀍河回族区

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 67 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 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24

Collocations

• 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
• 回中 (回中) 過回中 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 5
• 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
• 回中道 (回中道) 通回中道 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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