一回

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
simp. and trad. (一回)		一	回

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-fì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīhuí [Phonetic: yìhuí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yihuéi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hui²
    • Yale: yī-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ihwei
    • Palladius: ихуэй (ixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ wui⁴
    • Yale: yāt wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-fì
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ fi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ fi²
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² fi¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-fì
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ fi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ fi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² fi¹¹/

Adverb

一回

1. once
2. for a while

Noun

一回

1. chapter one (of a novel etc)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	回
いち > いっ Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
１回 1回

Etymology

Compound of 一 (ichi, “one”) +‎ 回 (kai, “number of times”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっかい [ìkkáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3]) e.g. "一回です", "一回は", "一回の", "一回に"
• (Tokyo) いっかい [ìkkáí] (Heiban – [0]) e.g. "一回+verb", "一回もない", "一回だけ"
• IPA^(key): [ik̚ka̠i]

Noun

一(いっ)回(かい) • (ikkai) 

1. one time

   もう一(いっ)回(かい)！

   Mō ikkai!

   Again!

2. one round; one bout

Related terms

Japanese number-counter combinations for 回(かい) (kai)
1	2	3	4	5
一(いっ)回(かい) (ikkai)	二(に)回(かい) (nikai)	三(さん)回(かい) (sankai)	四(よん)回(かい) (yonkai)	五(ご)回(かい) (gokai)
6	7	8	9	10
六(ろっ)回(かい) (rokkai)	七(なな)回(かい) (nanakai) 七(しち)回(かい) (shichikai)	八(はっ)回(かい) (hakkai) 八(はち)回(かい) (hachikai)	九(きゅう)回(かい) (kyūkai)	十(じゅっ)回(かい) (jukkai) 十(じっ)回(かい) (jikkai)
100	How many?
百(ひゃっ)回(かい) (hyakkai)	何(なん)回(かい) (nankai)

See also

• 一(いち)度(ど) (ichido)
• 一(ひと)回(まわ)り (hitomawari)