回手

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	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (回手)		回	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêr-chhiú / hê-chhiú / hôe-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéishǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-shou³
  - Yale: hwéi-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweishoou
  - Palladius: хуэйшоу (xuejšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ sau²
  - Yale: wùih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêr-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: hêr-tshiú
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: hê-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hechiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: huê-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoechiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

回手

to hit back; to retaliate
to turn a hand over; to put one's hand over one's back

Synonyms

(to hit back):

反擊 / 反击 (fǎnjī)
回報 / 回报 (huíbào)
回擊 / 回击 (huíjī)
抗擊 / 抗击 (kàngjī)
還手 / 还手 (huánshǒu)
還擊 / 还击 (huánjī)

(to turn a hand over): 反手 (fǎnshǒu)