回回

Chinese

		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	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. (回回)		回	回

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huíhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui² hui²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíhuí → huíhui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéihue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-hui⁵
    • Yale: hwéi-hwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.hwei
    • Palladius: хуэйхуэй (xuejxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui² hui²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuixui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹ xuei²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɛi²⁴ xuɛi²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj hwoj

Rime
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸恢切
Baxter	hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj  [ɢ]ʷˤəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl  ɡuːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huí
Middle Chinese	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
English	go around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
No.	5443
Phonetic component	回
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	回
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/

Adverb

回回

1. every time

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 每次 (“every time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		每次, 每回, 回回
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	每次
	Singapore	每次
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	每逢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下下
Cantonese	Guangzhou	次次, 下下
	Hong Kong	次次, 下下
	Taishan	回回, 下下
	Singapore (Guangfu)	次次, 擺擺
Hakka	Meixian	每擺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	逐擺, 每擺, 見擺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	逐擺, 每擺, 見擺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	逐擺, 每擺, 見擺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	逐擺, 每擺, 見擺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	逐擺, 每擺, 見擺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	逐擺, 見擺
Huizhou	Jixi	每回
Southern Min	Xiamen	逐擺, 見擺
	Quanzhou	逐擺, 逐過
	Zhangzhou	逐擺, 逐過, 見擺
	Tainan	逐擺, 逐過, 見擺
	Penang (Hokkien)	逐擺, 逐逐斗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	逐擺
	Manila (Hokkien)	逐擺, 逐過
	Jieyang	排回, 排彾
Wu	Shanghai	每趟

Derived terms

• 來來回回／来来回回

 

Adjective

回回

1. winding
2. spiraling
3. disorderly
4. bright
5. vast

Etymology 2

See 回 (huí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Huíhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wui⁴ / wui⁴ wui^4-2
• Jin (Wiktionary): hui¹ hui^1-3

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huíhuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huéihuéi
    • Wade–Giles: Hui²-hui²
    • Yale: Hwéi-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hweihwei
    • Palladius: Хуэйхуэй (Xuejxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɛi²⁴ xuɛi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ wui⁴ / wui⁴ wui^4-2
    • Yale: wùih wùih / wùih wúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wui⁴ / wui⁴ wui^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wui⁴ / wui⁴ wui^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹/, /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hui¹ hui^1-3
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹ xuei¹¹⁻⁴⁵/

Noun

回回

1. (dated) Hui (Muslim group in China)

   十個回回九個馬／十个回回九个马  ―  shí ge Huíhui jiǔ ge Mǎ  ―  ten Huis, 9 Mas (a remark on the tendency for Hui people to bear the surname Ma)

2. (Dungan) Dungan; Muslim
3. (dated) Islam

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 回民 (“Hui people”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回民
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回回, 回子, 裡嗎兒的, 左提兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	回回
	Xi'an	回民, 回回
	Xuzhou	回子, 回回
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老回回
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	回子
	Yangzhou	回子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	回教佬 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	回回
Southern Min	Xiamen	回民

Derived terms

• 回回教 (Huíhuijiào)
• 回回曆／回回历 (Huíhuilì)
• 回回話／回回话 (huíhuihuà)
• 回回豆
• 老回回
• 藍帽回回／蓝帽回回

 

Descendants

• → Written Oirat: ᡍᡆᡅ᠋ᡍᡆᡅ

Proper noun

回回

1. (obsolete) Alternative name for 回鶻／回鹘 (Huíhú).