回嘴

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	mouth
trad. (回嘴)		回	嘴
simp. #(回嘴)		回	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huízuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ zeoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê-chhùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huízuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéizuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-tsui³
    • Yale: hwéi-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweitzoei
    • Palladius: хуэйцзуй (xuejczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huízuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéizuěir
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-tsui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwéi-dzwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweitzoel
    • Palladius: хуэйцзуйр (xuejczujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡su̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ zeoi²
    • Yale: wùih jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: hê-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hezhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/

Verb

回嘴

1. (colloquial) to answer back; to talk back

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頂嘴 (“to answer back; to talk back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頂嘴, 還嘴, 還口, 回嘴
Mandarin	Beijing	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Taiwan	頂嘴
	Tianjin	頂嘴
	Tangshan	頂嘴
	Cangzhou	頂嘴
	Baoding	頂嘴
	Shijiazhuang	吵嘴
	Chifeng	頂嘴, 爭嘴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頂嘴
	Harbin	頂嘴
	Shenyang	頂嘴
	Yantai (Muping)	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Qingdao	頂嘴
	Jinan	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Luoyang	犟嘴, 對嘴, 對嘴貼舌
	Wanrong	犟嘴
	Zhengzhou	頂嘴
	Xi'an	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Yinchuan	頂嘴
	Lanzhou	頂嘴
	Xining	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Ürümqi	頂嘴
	Wuhan	頂嘴
	Chengdu	頂嘴, 對嘴
	Chongqing	頂嘴
	Guiyang	頂嘴, 抵嘴
	Kunming	爭嘴
	Guilin	頂嘴
	Liuzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Xuzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴, 反犟, 犟
	Yangzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴, 犟
	Nanjing	頂嘴
	Hefei	頂嘴
	Nantong	頂嘴
	Malaysia	頂嘴
	Singapore	頂嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頂頸, 駁嘴, 應嘴, 頂嘴, 駁嘴駁舌
	Hong Kong	頂頸, 駁嘴, 駁嘴駁舌
	Dongguan	頂頸, 駁嘴, 頂嘴, 頂喉頂鼻
Gan	Nanchang	還嘴
Hakka	Meixian	撐嘴
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	應嘴應鼻, 應事
Huizhou	Jixi	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Shexian	頂嘴
Jin	Taiyuan	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Xinzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Linhe	頂嘴
	Jining	頂嘴
	Hohhot	頂嘴
	Zhangjiakou	頂嘴
	Handan	頂嘴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	應喙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	應喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 話拄, 桀話
	Quanzhou	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 桀話
	Zhangzhou	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 桀話
	Tainan	應喙 GT, 應話 GT, 應舌 GT, 應喙應舌 GT, 揬 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	應喙, 應話, 應喙應舌
	Shantou	駁喙
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	頂喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頂嘴, 頂喉, 頂頸, 頂口
Wu	Shanghai	還嘴, 還嘴還舌, 頂嘴
	Danyang	頂嘴
	Hangzhou	頂嘴
	Wenzhou	頂嘴, 應嘴
Xiang	Changsha	頂嘴, 翻嘴, 還價
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)