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huí

Main
English Definition	to curve; to revolve; to circle
See also	huí to go back; to turn around; to return; to answer; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; measure word for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) (from traditional character 回) huí variant of 迴 (from traditional character 逥)
Simplified Script	回
Traditional Script	迴
Pinyin	huí
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	wui⁴
Part of Speech	(动) verb
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1,2

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Words With Same Head Word
回响	huíxiǎng	to echo; to reverberate; to respond; echo; response; reaction
回避	huíbì	to shun; to avoid (somebody); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
回转	huízhuǎn	to revolve; to rotate; rotation
回荡	huídàng	to resound; to reverberate; to echo
回旋	huíxuán	to turn around; maneuvering room; leeway

Words With Same Tail Word
巡回	xúnhuí	to go around; to roam; to tour
轮回	lúnhuí	to reincarnate; reincarnation (Buddhism); (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically; cycle
迂回	yūhuí	roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout
递回	dìhuí	see 递归
海马回	hǎimǎ huí	hippocampus

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