# 回回
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huíhuí
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui$^2$ hui$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui$^4$ wui$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi$^3$ voi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huíhuí → huíhui (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéihue̊i
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$-hui$^5$
*** Yale: hwéi-hwei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.hwei
*** Palladius: хуэйхуэй (xuejxuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hui$^2$ hui$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuixui
*** Sinological IPA : /xuei²¹ xuei²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuɛi²⁴ xuɛi²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ wui$^4$
*** Yale: wùih wùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ wui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ wui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: voi$^3$ voi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vᵘɔi²² vᵘɔi²²/
* Middle Chinese: hwoj hwoj
Rime :
| Character | 回 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸恢切 |
| Baxter | hwoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuoi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwəj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wui$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj [ɢ]ʷˤəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl ɡuːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 回 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwoj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/ |
| English | go around |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 回 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5443 |
| Phonetic component | 回 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 回 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡuːl/ |

#### Noun

回回
* every time

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 每次, 每回, 回回 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 每次 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 每次 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 每逢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 下下 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 次次, 下下 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 次次, 下下 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 回回, 下下 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 次次, 擺擺 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 每擺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 逐擺, 每擺, 見擺 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 逐擺, 每擺, 見擺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 逐擺, 每擺, 見擺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 逐擺, 每擺, 見擺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 逐擺, 每擺, 見擺 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 逐擺, 見擺 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 每回 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 逐擺, 見擺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 逐擺, 逐過 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 逐擺, 逐過, 見擺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 逐擺, 逐過, 見擺 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 逐擺, 逐逐斗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 逐擺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 逐擺, 逐過 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 排回, 排彾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 每趟 |

##### Derived terms

* 來來回回 / 来来回回

#### Adjective

回回
* winding
* spiraling
* disorderly
* bright
* vast

### Etymology 2

See 回 (huí).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Huíhui
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$ wui$^4$ / wui$^4$ wui$^{4-2}$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^1$ hui$^{1-3}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Huíhui
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Huéihue̊i
*** Wade–Giles: Hui$^2$-hui$^5$
*** Yale: Hwéi-hwei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwei.huei
*** Palladius: Хуэйхуэй (Xuejxuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuɛi²⁴ xuɛi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ wui$^4$ / wui$^4$ wui$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: wùih wùih / wùih wúi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ wui$^4$ / wui$^4$ wui$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ wui$^4$ / wui$^4$ wui$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹/, /wuːi̯²¹ wuːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^1$ hui$^{1-3}$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹ xuei¹¹⁻⁴⁵/

#### Noun

回回
* (dated) Hui (Muslim group in China)
    十個回回九個馬／十个回回九个马 ― shí ge Huíhui jiǔ ge Mǎ ― ten Huis, 9 Mas (a remark on the tendency for Hui people to bear the surname Ma)
* (Dungan) Dungan; Muslim
* (dated) Islam

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 回民 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 回回, 回子, 裡嗎兒的, 左提兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 回回 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 回民, 回回 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 回子, 回回 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老回回 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 回子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 回子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 回教佬 dated |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 回回 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 回民 |

##### Derived terms

* 回回教 (Huíhuijiào)
* 回回曆 / 回回历 (Huíhuilì)
* 回回話 / 回回话 (huíhuihuà)
* 回回豆
* 老回回
* 藍帽回回 / 蓝帽回回

##### Descendants

* → Written Oirat: ᡍᡆᡅ᠋ᡍᡆᡅ

#### Proper noun

回回
* (obsolete) Alternative name for 回鶻／回鹘 (Huíhú).