回籠

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	basket; cage
trad. (回籠)		回	籠
simp. (回笼)		回	笼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huílóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-lóng / hê-láng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilóng
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-lung²
    • Yale: hwéi-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilong
    • Palladius: хуэйлун (xuejlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilóngr
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-lung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwéi-lúngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilongl
    • Palladius: хуэйлунр (xuejlunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: wùih lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lóng
    • Tâi-lô: huê-lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoelorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-láng
    • Tâi-lô: hê-láng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: helarng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³⁻³³ laŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ⁵³/

Verb

回籠

1. to put the food back in the steamer to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer
2. (figurative) to redo something that has been done
3. (figurative, finance) to withdraw currency from circulation

Derived terms

• 回籠覺／回笼觉 (huílóngjiào)