回回

Chinese

to circle
to return
Uyghur(s)
Muslim(s)
to circle
to return
Uyghur(s)
Muslim(s)
simp. and trad.
(回回)
alternative forms 囬囬
回囬

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwəj/
Li
Rong
/ɣuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wui4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huí
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5443
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡuːl/

Noun

回回

  1. every time
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 來來回回 / 来来回回

Adjective

回回

  1. winding
  2. spiraling
  3. disorderly
  4. bright
  5. vast

Etymology 2

See (huí).

Pronunciation


Noun

回回

  1. (dated) Hui (Muslim group in China)
    回回回回  ―  shí ge Huíhui jiǔ ge Mǎ  ―  ten Huis, 9 Mas (a remark on the tendency for Hui people to bear the surname Ma)
  2. (Dungan) Dungan; Muslim
  3. (dated) Islam
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Written Oirat: ᡍᡆᡅ᠋ᡍᡆᡅ

Proper noun

回回

  1. (obsolete) Alternative name for 回鶻回鹘 (Huíhú).

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “回回”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 186.