回籠

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	basket; cage
trad. (回籠)		回	籠
simp. (回笼)		回	笼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huílóng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ lung⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hôe-lóng / hê-láng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huílóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilong
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: huílóngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilongl
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ lung⁴
  - Yale: wùih lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lóng
  - Tâi-lô: huê-lóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoelorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² lɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-láng
  - Tâi-lô: hê-láng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: helarng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³⁻³³ laŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ⁵³/

Verb

回籠

to put the food back in the steamer to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer
(figuratively) to redo something that has been done
(figuratively, finance) to withdraw currency from circulation

Derived terms

回籠覺／回笼觉 (huílóngjiào)

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