回來
See also: 回来
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 come | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (回來) | 回 | 來 | |
| simp. (回来) | 回 | 来 | |
| anagram | 來回／来回 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wui4 loi4
- Jin (Wiktionary): hui1 lai1 / hui1 lai3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-lâi
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6we-le
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huílái → huílai (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: huéilåi
- Wade–Giles: hui2-lai5
- Yale: hwéi-lai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.lai
- Palladius: хуэйлай (xuejlaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wui4 loi4
- Yale: wùih lòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wui4 loi4
- Guangdong Romanization: wui4 loi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
Note: hui1 lai3 - used at end of verbs.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lâi
- Tâi-lô: huê-lâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoelaai
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hwoj loj
Verb
回來
- to return; to come back; to be back
- (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 回來 (“to come back; to return”) [map]
Antonyms
- 回去 (huíqù)