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

• 回覆 to reply
• 回天乏术(回天乏術) unable to turn around a hopeless situation; to fail to save the situation
• 回函 a reply (in writing)
• 回天 to reverse the rotation of the sky; to reverse a desperate situation
• 回荡(迴盪) to resound; to reverberate; to echo
• 开弓没有回头箭(開弓沒有回頭箭) once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back; once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started
• 回教徒 Muslim
• 回门(回門) first return of bride to her parental home
• 回电(回電) to reply to a telegram; to wire back
• 逆回音 inverted turn (ornament in music)
• 去回票 round-trip ticket
• 回暖 (of the weather) to warm up again
• 股票回购(股票回購) share buyback
• 回路 a circuit; a loop
• 扳回 to pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc); to recover from (an adverse situation)
• 回描 flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace
• 打道回府 to go home (in a ceremonial procession); to return home
• 线性回归(線性回歸) linear regression
• 北回归线(北回歸線) Tropic of Cancer
• 回绕(回繞) winding
• 回纥(回紇) Huihe
• 回跌 to fall back (of water level or share prices)
• 来回来去地(來回來去地) backwards and forwards
• 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)
• 回答 to reply; to answer ; to report back
• 回马枪(回馬槍) sudden thrust
• 有去无回(有去無回) gone forever
• 回敬 to return a compliment; to give something in return
• 回佣 commission; sales
• 回口 to answer back
• 回锅油(回鍋油) to use the same oil repeatedly for deep frying
• 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.
• 取回 to retrieve
• 两回事(兩回事) two quite different things; two unrelated matters
• 回目 chapter title (in a novel)
• 回旋余地(回旋餘地) leeway; latitude; room for freedom of action
• 回京 to return to the capital
• 浪子回头金不换(浪子回頭金不換) a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
• 浪子回头(浪子回頭) the return of a prodigal son
• 回机(回機) to turn around a situation
• 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
• 回笼(回籠) to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer; to withdraw currency from circulation
• 头一回(頭一回) the first time; for the first time
• 来回来去(來回來去) repeatedly; back and forth again
• 回护(回護) to stick up for a wrongdoer
• 梯度回波 gradient echo
• 发回(發回) to send back; to return

Also contained in

门源回族自治县 、 宁夏回族自治区 、 隆回 、 回部

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 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
• 第二回 Chapter 67 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
• 回曰 (回曰) 回曰 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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