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

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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): /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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˇ su^ˋ
    • 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

1. to turn round; to turn one's head back
2. (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):

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• 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