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Chinese
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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 |
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
simp. and trad.
(回首)
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回
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首
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迴首
廻首
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Pronunciation
Verb
回首
- to turn round; to turn one's head back
- (figurative) to look back; to recollect
Synonyms
- (to turn round): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu), 回頭／回头 (huítóu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头; (Hokkien) 踅頭／踅头
- (to recollect):
- 回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
- 回念 (huíniàn)
- 回想 (huíxiǎng)
- 回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
- 回溯 (huísù)
- 回顧／回顾 (huígù)
- 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
- 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
- 感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
- 想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
- 憶／忆 (yì)
- 憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
- 懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
- 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
- 留戀／留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)
- 緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
- 緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
- 記／记 (jì)
- 記得／记得 (jìde)
- 記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
- 記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
- 諗起／谂起 (nam2 hei2) (Cantonese)
- 追 (literary, or in compounds)
- 追念 (zhuīniàn)
- 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
- 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
- 追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
- 追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
- 遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)
Derived terms