回回

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	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. (回回)		回	回

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huíhuí

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

(Chengdu, SP): hui² hui²
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wui⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huíhuí → huíhui (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.hwei
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hui² hui²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuixui
  - IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹ xuei²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ wui⁴
  - Yale: wùih wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːy̯²¹ wuːy̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɦuʌi ɦuʌi/▼

Rime
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj [ɢ]ʷˤəj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl ɡuːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huí
Middle Chinese	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
English	go around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	回
Reading #	1/1
No.	5443
Phonetic component	回
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	回
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/

Adverb

回回

every time

Derived terms

來來回回／来来回回

Adjective

回回

Etymology 2

See 回 (huí).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huíhui

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wui^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huíhui
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwei.huei
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ wui^4-2
  - Yale: wùih wúi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wui^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wui²
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːy̯²¹ wuːy̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

回回

(dated) Hui (Muslim group in China)
十個回回九個馬 / 十个回回九个马 ― shí ge Huíhui jiǔ ge Mǎ ― ten Huis, 9 Mas (a remark on the tendency for Hui people to bear the surname Ma)
(dated) Islam

Derived terms

回回教 (Huíhuijiào)
回回曆／回回历 (Huíhuilì)

回回話／回回话 (huíhuihuà)
回回豆

Descendants

→ Written Oirat: ᡍᡆᡅ᠋ᡍᡆᡅ (xoi᠋xoi)

Proper noun

回回

(obsolete) Alternative name for 回鶻／回鹘 (Huíhú).

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