回禮

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	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (回禮)		回	禮
simp. (回礼)		回	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huílǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê-lé / hêr-lé / hôe-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-li³
    • Yale: hwéi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilii
    • Palladius: хуэйли (xuejli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: wùih láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-lé
    • Tâi-lô: hê-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: helea
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêr-lé
    • Tâi-lô: hêr-lé
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lé
    • Tâi-lô: huê-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoelea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² le⁵³/

Verb

回禮

1. to return a salute; to return a greeting
2. to give a gift in return
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, of a married woman) to visit one's parents

Synonyms

• (to present a gift in return): 還禮／还礼 (huánlǐ); (Hokkien) 硩禮／硩礼
• (to visit one's parents): (literary) 歸寧／归宁 (guīníng)

Noun

回禮

1. return gift