歸寧

Chinese

		to go back; to return	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (歸寧)		歸	寧
simp. (归宁)		归	宁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueiníng
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-ning²
    • Yale: gwēi-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueining
    • Palladius: гуйнин (gujnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ ning⁴
    • Yale: gwāi nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/

Verb

歸寧

1. (literary, of a married woman) to visit one's parents

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 回禮／回礼 (huílǐ)