回首

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
• Min Nan (POJ): hôe-siú

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• 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): /xweɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-siú
    • Tâi-lô: huê-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/

Verb

回首

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

Synonyms

• (to turn round): 回頭／回头 (huítóu)
• (to recollect):

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Synonyms of 回首

回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it) 回念 (huíniàn) 回想 (huíxiǎng) 回溯 (huísù) 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity) 想起 (xiǎngqǐ) 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly) 浮想 (fúxiǎng) 追 (zhuī) (literary, or in compounds) 追念 (zhuīniàn) 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased) 追想 (zhuīxiǎng) 回憶／回忆 (huíyì) 回顧／回顾 (huígù)

感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion) 憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng) 懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity) 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) 記得／记得 (jìde) 記憶／记忆 (jìyì) 記起／记起 (jìqǐ) 諗起／谂起 (Cantonese) 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