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Chinese words starting with “hui”

49 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable hui. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 9 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial h · final ui · hear the four tones and see example characters →

  • 1st tone 7
  • 2nd tone 19
  • 3rd tone 4
  • 4th tone 19

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

All 49 words

#WordPinyinPOSMeaningStudy list
1会huìv,ncan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])
2回huív,qvto circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
3回忆huí yìv,vnto recall; memories
4回复huí fùv,vnto reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email)
5回头huí tóud,v,vnto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
6灰huīg,n,aash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
7毁huǐvto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
8回报huí bàov,vn(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
9会见huì jiànv,vnto meet with (sb who is paying a visit)
10挥huīvto wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
11回归huí guīv,vnto return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
12汇报huì bàov,vnto report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back
13回顾huí gùv,vnto look back; to review
14回应huí yìngv,vnto respond; response
15会长huì zhǎngnpresident of a club, committee etc
16贿赂huì lùv,n,vnto bribe; a bribe
17汇huìv,gto remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange
18回收huí shōuv,vnto recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product)
19回避huí bìv,vnto shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
20毁灭huǐ mièv,vnto perish; to ruin; to destroy
21会谈huì tánv,vntalks; discussions
22灰色huī sèngray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
23辉煌huī huánga,ansplendid; glorious
24回想huí xiǎngv,vnto recall; to recollect; to think back
25会面huì miànv,vnto meet with; meeting
26绘画huì huàn,vdrawing; painting
27会场huì chǎngnmeeting place; place where people gather
28灰尘huī chénndust
29回馈huí kuìto repay a favor; to give back; feedback
30挥霍huī huòvto squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile
31回首huí shǒuvto turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
32毁坏huǐ huàiv,vnto damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
33会晤huì wùvn,vto meet; meeting; conference
34回信huí xìnn,vto reply; to write back; letter written in reply
35回味huí wèiv,vnto call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste
36汇聚huì jùvconvergence; to come together
37会诊huì zhěnv,vnconsultation (medical); to meet for diagnosis; (by extension) consultation of different specialists
38汇集huì jívto collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集
39悔恨huǐ hènv,vnremorse; repentance
40回扣huí kòunbrokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback
41汇合huì hévconfluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion
42汇款huì kuǎnn,vto remit money; remittance
43回升huí shēngv,vnto rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
44汇率huì lǜnexchange rate
45回忆录huí yì lùnmemoir
46灰心huī xīna,vto lose heart; to be discouraged
47回落huí luòvto fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
48会意huì yìvcombined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compound; to comprehend without being told explicitly; to cotton on; knowing (smile, glance etc)
49绘声绘色huì shēng huì sèvivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic

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