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
- 回来huí laiHSK 1
to return; to come back
- 回家huí jiāHSK 1
to return home
- 会议huì yìHSK 3
meeting; conference
- 回到huí dàoHSK 1
to return to
- 回答huí dáHSK 1
to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- 回去huí quHSK 1
to return; to go back
- 恢复huī fùHSK 5
to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate
- 会员huì yuánHSK 3
member
- 回国huí guóHSK 2
to return to one's home country
All 49 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 会 | huì | v,n | can; 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 | huí | v,qv | 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) | |
| 3 | 回忆 | huí yì | v,vn | to recall; memories | |
| 4 | 回复 | huí fù | v,vn | to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email) | |
| 5 | 回头 | huí tóu | d,v,vn | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 6 | 灰 | huī | g,n,a | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 7 | 毁 | huǐ | v | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 8 | 回报 | huí bào | v,vn | (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate | |
| 9 | 会见 | huì jiàn | v,vn | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) | |
| 10 | 挥 | huī | v | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse | |
| 11 | 回归 | huí guī | v,vn | to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) | |
| 12 | 汇报 | huì bào | v,vn | to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back | |
| 13 | 回顾 | huí gù | v,vn | to look back; to review | |
| 14 | 回应 | huí yìng | v,vn | to respond; response | |
| 15 | 会长 | huì zhǎng | n | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 16 | 贿赂 | huì lù | v,n,vn | to bribe; a bribe | |
| 17 | 汇 | huì | v,g | to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange | |
| 18 | 回收 | huí shōu | v,vn | to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product) | |
| 19 | 回避 | huí bì | v,vn | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) | |
| 20 | 毁灭 | huǐ miè | v,vn | to perish; to ruin; to destroy | |
| 21 | 会谈 | huì tán | v,vn | talks; discussions | |
| 22 | 灰色 | huī sè | n | gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous | |
| 23 | 辉煌 | huī huáng | a,an | splendid; glorious | |
| 24 | 回想 | huí xiǎng | v,vn | to recall; to recollect; to think back | |
| 25 | 会面 | huì miàn | v,vn | to meet with; meeting | |
| 26 | 绘画 | huì huà | n,v | drawing; painting | |
| 27 | 会场 | huì chǎng | n | meeting place; place where people gather | |
| 28 | 灰尘 | huī chén | n | dust | |
| 29 | 回馈 | huí kuì | to repay a favor; to give back; feedback | ||
| 30 | 挥霍 | huī huò | v | to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile | |
| 31 | 回首 | huí shǒu | v | to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past | |
| 32 | 毁坏 | huǐ huài | v,vn | to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction | |
| 33 | 会晤 | huì wù | vn,v | to meet; meeting; conference | |
| 34 | 回信 | huí xìn | n,v | to reply; to write back; letter written in reply | |
| 35 | 回味 | huí wèi | v,vn | to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste | |
| 36 | 汇聚 | huì jù | v | convergence; to come together | |
| 37 | 会诊 | huì zhěn | v,vn | consultation (medical); to meet for diagnosis; (by extension) consultation of different specialists | |
| 38 | 汇集 | huì jí | v | to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 | |
| 39 | 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | v,vn | remorse; repentance | |
| 40 | 回扣 | huí kòu | n | brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback | |
| 41 | 汇合 | huì hé | v | confluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion | |
| 42 | 汇款 | huì kuǎn | n,v | to remit money; remittance | |
| 43 | 回升 | huí shēng | v,vn | to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc) | |
| 44 | 汇率 | huì lǜ | n | exchange rate | |
| 45 | 回忆录 | huí yì lù | n | memoir | |
| 46 | 灰心 | huī xīn | a,v | to lose heart; to be discouraged | |
| 47 | 回落 | huí luò | v | to fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) | |
| 48 | 会意 | huì yì | v | combined 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 sè | vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic |
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