Cantonese Dictionary

回水

wui4 seoi2

Mandarin: hui2 shui3

(v.) to get a refund as you are not satisfied with what you get from your purchase, such as services, products or performances.

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回流

wui4 lau4

Mandarin: hui2 liu2

return; backflow; inverse flow

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回溯

wui4 sou3

Mandarin: hui2 su4

recall; look back upon

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回火

wui4 fo2

Mandarin: hui2 huo3

[n] backfire

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回眸

wui4 mau4

Mandarin: hui2 mou2

look back; glance back

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回眸一笑

wui4 mau4 jat1 siu3

Mandarin: hui2 mou2 yi1 xiao4

turning back and a smile, which is used to describe a beautiful girl looking back and smiles

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回禮

wui4 lai5

Mandarin: hui2 li3

return a greeting; send a gift in return

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回程

wui4 cing4

Mandarin: hui2 cheng2

return trip, return journey; back swing, return stroke

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回穩

wui4 wan2

Mandarin: hui2 wen3

Simplified: 回稳

return to being stable

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回答

wui4 daap3

Mandarin: hui2 da2

to answer, to reply, respond (usually just spoken as 答) [Syn.] 作答

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回籌

wui4 cau4

Mandarin: hui2 chou2

return (on investment)

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回絕

wui4 zyut6

Mandarin: hui2 jue2

decline; refuse; rebuff

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回老家

wui4 lou5 gaa1

Mandarin: hui2 lao3 jia1

go back to hometown

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回聲

wui4 seng1

Mandarin: hui2 sheng1

echo

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回落

wui4 lok6

Mandarin: hui2 luo4

fall after a rise; drop; come down

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回蕩

wui4 dong6

Mandarin: hui2 dang4

Simplified: 回荡

reverberate

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回覆

wui4 fuk1

Mandarin: hui2 fu4

responses, reply

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回視

wui4 si6

Mandarin: hui2 shi4

regression

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回訪

wui4 fong2

Mandarin: hui2 fang3

(pay a) return visit

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回購

wui4 kau3

buy-back

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回軟

wui4 jyun5

Mandarin: hui2 ruan3

Simplified: 回软

the financial pricing declines from a high level

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回轉

wui4 zyun2

Mandarin: hui2 zhuan3

[1] to turn around; to U-turn [2] to spin; to rotate; to gyrate

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回避

wui4 bei6

Mandarin: hui2 bi4

to evade; to shun; to avoid

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回鄉證

wui4 hoeng1 zing3

Mandarin: hui2 xiang1 zheng4

Simplified: 回乡证

travel permit to Mainland China for Hong Kong and Macau residents

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回電話

wui4 din6 waa6*2

Mandarin: hui2 dian4 hua4

call back; ring back; reply to a call [粵]: 打返電話

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回電話

wui4 din6 waa2

Mandarin: hui2 dian4 hua4

Simplified: 回电话

to call back

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回音

wui4 jam1

echo; reply

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回頭

wui4 tau4

Mandarin: hui2 tou2

Simplified: 回头

(verb) Go back (to a place e.g. workplace)

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回頭是岸

wui4 tau4 si6 ngon6

Mandarin: hui2 tou2 shi4 an4

Simplified: 回头是岸

in repentance, there is salvation, evaluating own behavior and admitting and regretting past wrongdoings, and asking for help | to be saved

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回頭路

wui4 tau4 lou6

retrograde steps

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