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old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)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
Mandarin Beijing 回回, 回子, 裡嗎兒的, 左提兒
Wanrong 回回
Xi'an 回民, 回回
Yinchuan 老回回
Xuzhou 回子, 回回
Yangzhou 回子
Nanjing 回子
Cantonese Guangzhou 回教佬 dated
Jin Taiyuan 回回
Southern Min Xiamen 回民
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