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

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

to return a salute; to return a greeting
to give a gift in return
(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

return gift

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