回生

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 be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (回生)		回	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-sng / hôe-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéisheng
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-shêng¹
    • Yale: hwéi-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweisheng
    • Palladius: хуэйшэн (xuejšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 回升 回生 回聲／回声

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: wùih sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-sng
    • Tâi-lô: huê-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-seng
    • Tâi-lô: huê-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

回生

1. to be brought back to life; to bring back to life
2. to be out of practice; to become rusty

Synonyms

• (to be brought back to life):

• 復活／复活 (fùhuó)
• 復生／复生 (fùshēng)
• 殅 (shēng) (literary)
• 甦／苏 (sū) (literary)
• 翻生 (faan¹ saang¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Teochew)
• 閣活／阁活 (Hokkien)

 

• (to be out of practice): 荒疏 (huāngshū)

Derived terms

• 回生乏術／回生乏术
• 回生起死
• 起死回生 (qǐsǐhuíshēng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	生
かい Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

回(かい)生(せい) • (kaisei) 

1. resurrection; resuscitation; regeneration

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	生

Noun

回生 • (hoesaeng) (hangeul 회생)

1. Hanja form^? of 회생 (“revival; revitalization”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
回	生

Verb

回生

1. chữ Hán form of hồi sinh (“to resurrect”).