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回族

回族

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	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
simp. and trad. (回族)		回	族

Noun

回族

Hui (people)

Descendants

Dungan: حُوِ ذَو ‎(Huej zw) (Xiao'erjing), Хуэйзў ‎(Huejzw) (Cyrillic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	族
Grade: 2	Grade: 3

Proper noun

回族 ‎(hiragana かいぞく, romaji Kaizoku)

Hui

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Huízú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ zuk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): Hôe-cho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huízú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hweitzwu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ zuk⁶
  - Yale: wùih juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ dzuk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôe-cho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Huê-tso̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoezok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/