回歸

See also: 回归 and 回帰

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	to go back; to return
trad. (回歸/迴歸)		回/迴	歸
simp. (回归)		回	归
anagram		歸回／归回

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ gwai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-kui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ gui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguei
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-kuei¹
    • Yale: hwéi-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiguei
    • Palladius: хуэйгуй (xuejguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ gwai¹
    • Yale: wùih gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-kui
    • Tâi-lô: huê-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê⁵ gui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê kui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³/

Verb

回歸

1. to return (to the original place, organisation, etc.); to retreat

   香港回歸／香港回归  ―  xiānggǎng huíguī  ―  return of Hong Kong to China

2. (mathematics) to regress

   線性回歸／线性回归  ―  xiànxìng huíguī  ―  linear regression

Synonyms

• (to return):

• 回到 (huídào)
• 斡倒轉／斡倒转 (Hokkien)
• 斡輾轉／斡辗转 (Hokkien)
• 返回 (fǎnhuí)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回, 返回, 回歸
Mandarin	Beijing	回
	Taiwan	回
	Chengdu	轉, 回
	Guilin	回
	Malaysia	回
	Singapore	回
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返
	Hong Kong	返
	Macau	返
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	返
	Taishan	返
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返
Hakka	Meixian	轉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉
	Kuching (Hepo)	轉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉
	Singapore (Fuqing)	轉
Southern Min	Xiamen	轉, 倒
	Quanzhou	轉
	Zhangzhou	轉
	Zhao'an	轉
	Taipei	轉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轉
	Kaohsiung	轉
	Yilan	轉
	Changhua (Lukang)	轉
	Taichung	轉
	Tainan	轉
	Hsinchu	轉
	Kinmen	轉
	Penghu (Magong)	轉
	Penang (Hokkien)	轉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	轉
	Shantou	轉
	Haifeng	轉
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉
	Wenchang	轉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	轉
Wu	Ningbo	回, 轉 rare

Derived terms

• 回歸年／回归年 (huíguīnián)
• 回歸潮／回归潮
• 回歸熱／回归热 (huíguīrè)
• 回歸線／回归线 (huíguīxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	歸
かい Grade: 2	き Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 回歸 – see the following entry.

【回帰かいき】 [noun] return (coming back) [noun] recurrence [noun] (statistics) regression [verb] to return [verb] to recur

(This term, 回歸, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	歸

Noun

回歸 • (hoegwi) (hangeul 회귀)

1. Hanja form^? of 회귀 (“regression”).