回眸

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	pupil of the eye
trad. (回眸/迴眸)		回/迴	眸
simp. (回眸)		回	眸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huímóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ mau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-bô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huímóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéimóu
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-mou²
    • Yale: hwéi-móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweimou
    • Palladius: хуэймоу (xuejmou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ mau⁴
    • Yale: wùih màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: huê-bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'boo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ bɔ²³/

Verb

回眸

1. (literary) to look back; to glance back

Derived terms

• 回眸一笑 (huímóuyīxiào)