回首

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	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (回首)		回	首
alternative forms		迴首廻首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-sú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-siú

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: fiˇ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi² su³
  - Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siú
  - Tâi-lô: huê-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoesiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/

Verb

回首

to turn round; to turn one's head back
(figurative) to look back; to recollect

Synonyms

(to turn round): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu), 回頭／回头 (huítóu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头; (Hokkien) 踅頭／踅头
(to recollect):

回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
回念 (huíniàn)
回想 (huíxiǎng)
回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
回溯 (huísù)
回顧／回顾 (huígù)
思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
憶／忆 (yì)
憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
浮想 (fúxiǎng)
留戀／留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)
緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
記／记 (jì)
記得／记得 (jìde)
記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
諗起／谂起 (nam² hei²) (Cantonese)
追 (literary, or in compounds)
追念 (zhuīniàn)
追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

Derived terms

不堪回首 (bùkānhuíshǒu)
驀然回首／蓦然回首

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