回首

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	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (回首)		回	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-sú
Min Nan (POJ): hôe-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ sau²
  - Yale: wùih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: fiˇ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi² su³
  - IPA: /fi¹¹ su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siú
  - Tâi-lô: huê-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoesiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/

Verb

回首

to turn round; to turn one's head back
(figuratively) to look back; to recollect

Derived terms

不堪回首 (bùkānhuíshǒu)

驀然回首／蓦然回首

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