回國

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	country; state; nation
trad. (回國)		回	國
simp. (回国)		回	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-kok / hê-kok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguó
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-kuo²
    • Yale: hwéi-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweigwo
    • Palladius: хуэйго (xuejgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: wùih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-kok
    • Tâi-lô: huê-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-kok
    • Tâi-lô: hê-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he'kog
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we-koq
    • MiniDict: we^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

回⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to return to one's home country

Synonyms

• (formal) 歸國／归国 (guīguó)

Further reading

• “Entry #52982”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
回	國

Noun

回國

1. chữ Hán form of Hồi quốc (“sultanate”).

Proper noun

回國

1. chữ Hán form of Hồi Quốc (“Pakistan”).