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huí

Pinyin

Definition

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huí

to circle
to go back
to turn around
to answer
to return
to revolve
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
time
classifier for acts of a play
section or chapter (of a classic book)

回 (迴)

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huí

to curve
to return
to revolve

回 (逥)

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huí

variant of 迴|回[huí]

Character Decomposition

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Compounds (29)

回

huí

1 to circle
2 to go back
3 to turn around
4 to answer
5 to return
6 to revolve
7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
8 time
9 classifier for acts of a play
10 section or chapter (of a classic book)

回

huí

1 to curve
2 to return
3 to revolve

回

huí

1 variant: 回 huí

墙

qiáng

1 variant: 墙 qiáng
2 wall

墙

qiáng

1 wall
2 classifier: 面 miàn
3 classifier: 堵 dǔ

Related Words (20)

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huí

1 to circle
2 to go back
3 to turn around
4 to answer
5 to return
6 to revolve
7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
8 time
9 classifier for acts of a play
10 section or chapter (of a classic book)

回来

huí lai

1 to return
2 to come back

回到

huí dào

1 to return to

回家

huí jiā

1 to return home

回忆

huí yì

1 to recall
2 memories
3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

一回生二回熟

yī huí shēng èr huí shú

1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)

不撞南墙不回头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

回嗔作喜

huí chēn zuò xǐ

1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)

回天乏术

huí tiān fá shù

1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
2 to fail to save the situation

回天无力

huí tiān wú lì

1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
2 to fail to save the situation

Sample Sentences

现在很多学生，上课的时候不是在打盹儿，就是在和哥们儿聊天儿，没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了，很不是滋味儿。

xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ，shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr ，jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr ，méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ，hěn búshi zīwèier 。

Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.

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他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？”

tā xiǎo de shíhou ，tā mā jiào tā qù mǎi hóngtáng ，tā mǎi le báitáng huílai 。tā mā mà tā ，tā yáo yáotóu shuō ：“hóngtáng báitáng búshi chàbuduō ma ？”

When he was a child, his mother sent him out to buy some brown sugar. He came back with white sugar. His mother scolded him – but the young Mr. Chabuduo simply shook his head and said, “Brown sugar and white sugar! Are they not the same?”

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都六点了，你还不回家呀？

dōu liù diǎn le ，nǐ hái bù huíjiā ya ？

It’s 6 o’clock already, you haven't gone home yet?

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她听到她老公外遇，是又嫉妒又生气，便着急地回家找他算账去了。

tā tīngdào tā lǎogōng wàiyù ，shì yòu jídù yòu shēngqì ，biàn zháojí de huíjiā zhǎo tā suànzhàng qù le 。

She was jealous and angry at the news of her husband’s affair, so she hurried home to get even with him.

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他每天花天酒地，不回家。

tā měitiān huātiānjiǔdì ，bù huíjiā 。

He indulges in all kinds of pleasure and doesn't go home every day.