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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 回首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
回首 huí shǒu - to turn around; to look back
- (fig.) to recall the past

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 15,753 10,882 5,108

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huí- to 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)
huí- to curve
- to return
- to revolve
huí- variant of 迴|回[hui2]
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 回首

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
回首 - 8 15,753 10,882 5,108