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

Etymology 1

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): /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹/

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]ʷˤəj/
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): /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

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

Proper noun

回回

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

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