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

• 回门(回門) first return of bride to her parental home
• 线性回归(線性回歸) linear regression
• 回禄(回祿) Fire God ; destruction by fire
• 撤回 to recall; to revoke; to retract
• 补回(補回) to make up for; to compensate
• 回潮 to become moist again; to revive (usually bad)
• 重回 to return
• 怎么回事(怎麼回事) what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?
• 回锅肉(回鍋肉) twice-cooked pork
• 回礼(回禮) to return a greeting; to send a gift in return
• 败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
• 去回票 round-trip ticket
• 回填 to backfill
• 颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
• 退回 to return (an item); to send back; to go back
• 不当一回事(不當一回事) not regard as a matter (of any importance)
• 回顾(回顧) to remember; to review ; to look back
• 回族 Hui people
• 荡气回肠(蕩氣回腸) heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving
• 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)
• 回首 to turn around; to look back ; to recollect ; to die
• 回绕(回繞) winding
• 像那么回事儿(像那麽回事兒) not bad at all; quite impressive
• 回头客(回頭客) repeat customer
• 汇回(匯回) to remit home
• 回响(回響) to echo; to respond ; an echo; a response /a reverberation
• 回事 to report to one's master
• 回跌 to fall back (of water level or share prices)
• 缴回(繳回) to return [an item]
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 回鹘(回鶻) Huihu
• 裴回 to dither; to hesitate; to pace back and forth
• 回音 echo
• 迂回曲折 meandering and circuitous; complicated developments that never get anywhere
• 回到 to return to
• 回禀(回稟) to report back to one's superior
• 回老家 to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place
• 海马回(海馬迴) hippocampus
• 回充 to recharge
• 回收 to recycle; to retrieve
• 回耗 to write back; to send a reply
• 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
• 一去不回 gone forever
• 翔回 to circle (in the sky)
• 回馈(回饋) to give back ; feedback
• 回口 to answer back

Also contained in

隆回县 、 回退 、 瀍河回族区 、 管城回族区 、 临夏回族自治州

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 回邪曲 (回邪曲) 回邪曲直 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
• 姦回 (姦回) 其姦回昏亂 — 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