回子

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	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (回子)		回	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hwéi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.tzy
    • Palladius: хуэйцзы (xuejczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ zi²
    • Yale: wùih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Etymology 1

Classifier

回子

1. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of occurrences of events: time

Etymology 2

Noun

回子

1. (regional, sometimes religious slur) Hui person; Muslim

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 回民 (“Hui people”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Xi'an	回民, 回回
	Xuzhou	回子, 回回
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老回回
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	回子
	Yangzhou	回子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	回教佬 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	回回
Southern Min	Xiamen	回民

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᡥᠣᡳ᠌ᠰᡝ (hoise), ᡥᠣᡳ᠌ᡯ (hoidz)