回族

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	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (回族)		回	族
simp. #(回族)		回	族

Etymology

See 回 (huí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Huízú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйзў (hueyzw, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ zuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-cho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huízú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huéizú
    • Wade–Giles: Hui²-tsu²
    • Yale: Hwéi-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hweitzwu
    • Palladius: Хуэйцзу (Xuejczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйзў (hueyzw, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɛi²⁴ t͡su⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ zuk⁶
    • Yale: wùih juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huê-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoezok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/

Noun

回族

1. Hui people (Chinese-speaking Muslims)
2. (Dungan) Dungan people

Derived terms

• 回族語言／回族语言 (huízú yǔyán)
• 寧夏回族自治區／宁夏回族自治区 (Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū)
• 湖北口回族鄉／湖北口回族乡 (Húběikǒu Huízú Xiāng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (回族):

• → Japanese: 回族(かいぞく) (kaizoku)
• → Korean: 회족(回族) (hoejok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	族
かい Grade: 2	ぞく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠izo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

回(かい)族(ぞく) • (kaizoku) 

1. Hui people

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	族

Noun

回族 • (hoejok) (hangeul 회족)

1. Hanja form^? of 회족 (“Hui people”).