huí

return, turn around; a time

HSK 1 #172

DEFINITIONS

回 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)
  • to curve
  • variant of 迴|回[hui2]

STROKES

WORDS

流 huí liú to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent)
头客 huí tóu kè repeat customer
妙手春 miào shǒu huí chūn magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure; brilliant doctor
味无穷 huí wèi wú qióng leaving a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; lingering in memory
游 huí yóu variant of 洄游[hui2 you2]
眸 huí móu to glance back; to look back; retrospective
笼 huí lóng to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer; to withdraw currency from circulation
执 huí zhí receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
天乏术 huí tiān fá shù unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation
条 huí tiáo receipt; note acknowledging receipt
顾展 huí gù zhǎn retrospective (exhibition)
马枪 huí mǎ qiāng sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
廊 huí láng winding corridor; cloister; ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
函 huí hán a reply (in writing)
文 huí wén palindrome
火 huí huǒ to temper (iron); to flare back; flareback (in a gas burner); (of an engine) to backfire
zhuī huí to recover (sth lost or stolen); to get back
天无力 huí tiān wú lì unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation
请 huí qǐng to return an invitation
归线 běi huí guī xiàn Tropic of Cancer
归线 nán huí guī xiàn Tropic of Capricorn
帖 huí tiě to reply to an invitation; (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic
访 huí fǎng (pay a) return visit
荡气肠 dàng qì huí cháng heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving
单 huí dān receipt