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回 is also the simplified spelling of 迴, 逥.

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Mandarin · pinyin huí#

Meanings · huí

  1. to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around
  2. to reply; to answer
  3. classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book)
  4. classifier for occurrences or times
Mandarin · pinyin Huí#

Meanings · Huí

  1. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
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huí · return, turn around; a time
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2 · hui2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4

Cantonese word readings for 回. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to turn around
  2. to return; to go back
  3. Used after a verb to indicate a movement back to the original place; back
  4. to circle; to wind
  5. to reply; to respond; to answer
  6. to decline; to refuse
  7. to avoid
  8. Classifier for chapters.
  9. Classifier for number of occurrences of events: times

character · Etymology 2

  1. (～族) Hui ethnic group
  2. (dated in Mainland China) Muslim; anything related to Islam
  3. a surname

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Eastern, Min) that
  2. (Eastern, Min) then

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回 · hui2 · Hui2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 23,890, 23,889
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Exact source records回 回 [hui2] /to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around/to reply; to answer/classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book)/classifier for occurrences or times/回 回 [Hui2] /Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)/