回子

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	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (回子)		回	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huízi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huízi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hwéi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.tzy
  - Palladius: хуэйцзы (xuejczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ zi²
  - Yale: wùih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Etymology 1

Classifier

回子

(colloquial) Classifier for the number of occurrences of events: time

Etymology 2

Noun

回子

(regional, casual, sometimes religious slur) Hui person; Muslim
- 1955–56 / 1976, 金庸, chapter 1, in 書劍恩仇錄, 明河社, page 28:
  
  李沅芷道：「這些囘子白天黑夜都在馬上，馬鞭兒自然耍得好，可也未必有甚麽眞正武功。」 [MSC, trad.]
  李沅芷道：「这些回子白天黑夜都在马上，马鞭儿自然耍得好，可也未必有甚么真正武功。」 [MSC, simp.]
  Lǐ Yuánzhǐ dào: “Zhèxiē Huízi báitiān hēiyè dōu zài mǎ shàng, mǎbiān'ér zìrán shuǎ de hǎo, kě yě wèibì yǒu shénme zhēnzhèng wǔgōng.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 回民 (“Hui people”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回民
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回回, 回子, 裡嗎兒的, 左提兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	回回
	Xi'an	回民, 回回
	Xuzhou	回子, 回回
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老回回
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	回子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	回子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	回教佬 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	回回
Southern Min	Xiamen	回民

Descendants

→ Manchu: ᡥᠣᡳ᠌ᠰᡝ (hoise), ᡥᠣᡳ᠌ᡯ (hoidz)