老回回

Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 Hui (Muslim group in China), Dungan
trad. (老回回) 老 回回
simp. #(老回回) 老 回回

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Dungan)
      • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лохуэйхуэй (lohueyhuey, II-I-II)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /lɔ⁵¹ xuɛi²⁴ xuɛi⁵¹/
      (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Noun

老回回

  1. (Yinchuan Mandarin) Hui person
  2. (Dungan) Dungan person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 回民 (“Hui people”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Yangzhou 回子
Cantonese Guangzhou 回教佬 dated
Jin Taiyuan 回回
Southern Min Xiamen 回民
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