話說回來

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to return; to come back; to be back to return; to come back; to be back; back
trad. (話說回來)		話	說	回來
simp. (话说回来)		话	说	回来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huà shuō huílái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ syut³ wui⁴ loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huà shuō huílái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huà shuo huéilái
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴ shuo¹ hui²-lai²
    • Yale: hwà shwō hwéi-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah shuo hweilai
    • Palladius: хуа шо хуэйлай (xua šo xuejlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ syut³ wui⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: wah syut wùih lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ syt⁸ wui⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ xud³ wui⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² syːt̚³ wuːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

Phrase

話說回來

1. returning to the main topic...; that said; again; nevertheless; anyhow