回歸

See also: 回归 and 回帰

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	to go back; to return
trad. (回歸/迴歸)	回/迴	歸
simp. (回归)	回	归
anagram	歸回／归回

回歸

to return (to the original place, organisation, etc.); to retreat
香港回歸／香港回归 ― xiānggǎng huíguī ― return of Hong Kong to China
(mathematics) to regress
線性回歸／线性回归 ― xiànxìng huíguī ― linear regression

Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回, 返回, 回歸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回
	Taiwan	回
	Malaysia	回
	Singapore	回
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	轉, 回
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	回
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返
	Hong Kong	返
	Macau	返
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	返
	Taishan	返
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返
Hakka	Meixian	轉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉
	Kuching (Hepo)	轉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	轉
Southern Min	Xiamen	轉, 倒
	Quanzhou	轉
	Zhangzhou	轉
	Zhao'an	轉
	Taipei	轉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轉
	Kaohsiung	轉
	Yilan	轉
	Changhua (Lukang)	轉
	Taichung	轉
	Tainan	轉
	Hsinchu	轉
	Kinmen	轉
	Penghu (Magong)	轉
	Penang (Hokkien)	轉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	轉
	Shantou	轉
	Haifeng	轉
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉
	Wenchang	轉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	轉
Wu	Ningbo	回, 轉 rare

For pronunciation and definitions of 回歸 – see the following entry.

[noun] return (coming back)

[verb] to return

[verb] to recur

(This term, 回歸, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Hanja in this term
回	歸

回歸 • (hoegwi) (hangeul 회귀)