Cantonese words starting with W
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回腸盪氣回肠荡气
wui4 coeng4 dong6 hei3soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork); deeply moving
回採回采
wui4 coi2stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); extraction
回充
wui4 cung1to recharge
回沖回冲
wui4 cung1backwash
蛔蟲蛔虫
wui4 cung4roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite
蛔蟲病蛔虫病
wui4 cung4 beng6ascariasis, infection caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides
回單回单
wui4 daan1receipt
回單兒回单儿
wui4 daan1 ji4erhua variant of 回單|回单[hui2 dan1]
回彈回弹
wui4 daan6(of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to bounce back
回答
wui4 daap3to reply; to answer
回電回电
wui4 din6to call sb back (on the phone); to reply to a telegram; a reply telegram
回電話回电话
wui4 din6 waa2to call back
回跌
wui4 dit3to fall back (of water level or share prices)
回蕩回荡
wui4 dong6reverberate
迴盪回荡
wui4 dong6to resound; to echo
回到
wui4 dou3to return to
回返
wui4 faan2to return; to come back
回火
wui4 fo2to temper (iron); flareback (in a gas burner)
回訪回访
wui4 fong2(pay a) return visit
回放
wui4 fong3to replay
回覆
wui4 fuk1to reply (by letter, email etc)
回復回复
wui4 fuk6to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
回奉
wui4 fung6to return a compliment
回家
wui4 gaa1(verb) Go home
回家吃自己
wui4 gaa1 hek3 zi6 gei2(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked
回交
wui4 gaau1backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent)
回教
wui4 gaau3Islam
回教徒
wui4 gaau3 tou4Muslim
回甘
wui4 gam1to have a sweet aftertaste
回購回购
wui4 gau3buyback; to buy back
回擊回击
wui4 gik1to fight back; to return fire; to counterattack
回見回见
wui4 gin3See you later!
回京
wui4 ging1to return to the capital
回敬
wui4 ging3to return a compliment
回顧回顾
wui4 gu3to look back
回顧歷史回顾历史
wui4 gu3 lik6 si2to look back at history
回顧展回顾展
wui4 gu3 zin2retrospective (exhibition)
回歸回归
wui4 gwai1(verb) 1. Revert back; for HongKongese, the word "回歸" always refers to Hong Kong回歸 reverts back to China in July 1., 1997.
回歸熱回归热
wui4 gwai1 jit6recurring fever
回歸年回归年
wui4 gwai1 nin4the solar year
回歸線回归线
wui4 gwai1 sin3tropic
回歸祖國回归祖国
wui4 gwai1 zou2 gwok3Return to ancestors' country
回饋回馈
wui4 gwai6to repay a favor; feedback
回國回国
wui4 gwok3to return to one's home country
回光反照
wui4 gwong1 faan2 ziu3final radiance of setting sun
回光返照
wui4 gwong1 faan2 ziu3final radiance of setting sun
回光鏡回光镜
wui4 gwong1 geng3concave reflector (e.g. in spotlight)
回函
wui4 haam4a reply (in writing)
回合
wui4 hap6one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; rally (tennis etc); inning; round (of negotiations)
回紇回纥
wui4 hat6Huihe, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2 wu2 er3 zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4 gu4 zu2]
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