收回

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	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. (收回)		收	回
anagram		回收

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ wui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-fì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-hôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuhuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shouhuéi
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-hui²
    • Yale: shōu-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouhwei
    • Palladius: шоухуэй (šouxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ wui⁴
    • Yale: sāu wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ wuːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-fì
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ fi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ fi²
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ fi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-hôe
    • Tâi-lô: siu-huê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'hoee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² hue¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hue²³/

Verb

收回

1. to take back; to withdraw; to recall; to reclaim

   收回地塊／收回地块  ―  shōuhuí dìkuài  ―  to reclaim a plot

2. to cancel; to revoke; to countermand

Synonyms

• (to take back): 取回 (qǔhuí)
• (to cancel):

edit

• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 取消 (qǔxiāo)
• 廢止／废止 (fèizhǐ)
• 廢除／废除 (fèichú)
• 撤廢／撤废 (chèfèi)
• 撤銷／撤销 (chèxiāo)
• 杜絕／杜绝 (dùjué)
• 罷黜／罢黜 (bàchù) (literary)
• 裁撤 (cáichè)
• 解除 (jiěchú)
• 註銷／注销 (zhùxiāo)
• 退 (tuì)
• 銷／销 (xiāo)
• 除免 (chúmiǎn) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 撤回 (chèhuí)
• 召回 (zhàohuí)