More information to circle; to go back; to turn aroundto 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 ...
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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) |
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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