回頭

See also: 回头

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	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (回頭)		回	頭
simp. (回头)		回	头
alternative forms		迴頭 (obsolete)
anagram		頭回／头回

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huítóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-thèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-thâu / hôe-thiô / hê-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huítóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéitóu
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-tʻou²
    • Yale: hwéi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweitour
    • Palladius: хуэйтоу (xuejtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: wùih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fiˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: huê-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'taau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: huê-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'tiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: hê-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he'taau
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

回頭

1. (literally) to turn round; to turn one's head back

   回頭看／回头看  ―  huítóu kàn  ―  to look back

   • 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
     但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》

     Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]

     But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

2. (figuratively) to repent
3. (literary) to decline (a request); to reject; to turn down

Synonyms

• (to turn round): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu), 回首 (huíshǒu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头; (Hokkien) 踅頭／踅头
• (to repent):

• 悔 (huǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 悔恨 (huǐhèn)
• 悔悟 (huǐwù)
• 悔過／悔过 (huǐguò)

 

Derived terms

• 一步一回頭／一步一回头 (yībù yīhuítóu)
• 回頭客／回头客 (huítóukè)
• 回頭是岸／回头是岸 (huítóu shì àn)
• 回頭率／回头率 (huítóulǜ)
• 回頭見／回头见 (huítóu jiàn)
• 好馬不吃回頭草／好马不吃回头草 (hǎo mǎ bù chī huítóu cǎo)
• 打回頭／打回头 (dǎhuítóu)
• 敗子回頭／败子回头 (bàizǐhuítóu)
• 浪子回頭金不換／浪子回头金不换 (làngzǐ huítóu jīn bù huàn)
• 開弓沒有回頭箭／开弓没有回头箭 (kāigōng méiyǒu huítóu jiàn)

 

Adverb

回頭

1. later

   回頭見！／回头见！  ―  Huítóu jiàn!  ―  See you later!

Noun

回頭

1. (literary) letter in reply

Synonyms

• 回信 (huíxìn)
• (Hokkien) 回批

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	頭
かい Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ito̞ː]

• Homophones: 回答, 会頭, 解答, 解凍, 解党, 快投, 解糖, 会党, 怪盗, 快刀

Noun

回(かい)頭(とう) • (kaitō) 

1. turning around (a ship), changing course