回電

See also: 回电

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	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (回電)		回	電
simp. (回电)		回	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huídiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ din⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-tiān / hê-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huídiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéidiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-tien⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweidiann
    • Palladius: хуэйдянь (xuejdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ din⁶
    • Yale: wùih dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ tiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: huê-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dien
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: hê-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he'dien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/

Noun

回電

1. a reply telegram

Verb

回⫽電 (verb-object)

1. to call back someone on the telephone

   她回電給她男朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
   她回电给她男朋友。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā huídiàn gěi tā nánpéngyǒu. [Pinyin]

   She called her boyfriend back.

2. to send a telegram back to someone

Synonyms

• 回電話／回电话 (huí diànhuà)