回溯

See also: 溯洄

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	go upstream; trace the source
trad. (回溯)		回	溯
simp. #(回溯)		回	溯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huísù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-sok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huísù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéisù
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-su⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweisuh
    • Palladius: хуэйсу (xuejsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ sou³
    • Yale: wùih sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-sok
    • Tâi-lô: huê-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/

Verb

回溯

1. to recall; to look back (on past events)

Synonyms

• 回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
• 回念 (huíniàn)
• 回想 (huíxiǎng)
• 回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
• 回顧／回顾 (huígù)
• 回首 (huíshǒu)
• 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
• 感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
• 想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
• 憶／忆 (yì)
• 憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
• 懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
• 留戀／留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)
• 緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
• 緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
• 記／记 (jì)
• 記得／记得 (jìde)
• 記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
• 記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
• 諗起／谂起 (nam² hei²) (Cantonese)
• 追 (literary, or in compounds)
• 追念 (zhuīniàn)
• 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
• 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
• 追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
• 追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
• 遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

 

Related terms

• 追溯 (zhuīsù)