回路

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	road; path; way
trad. (回路/迴路)		回/迴	路
simp. (回路)		回	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ lou⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): ³hhue-lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilù
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-lu⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiluh
    • Palladius: хуэйлу (xuejlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ lou⁶
    • Yale: wùih louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lou̯²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³hhue-lu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦɯe̞²² lv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

回路

1. the way back
2. (electronics) circuit in which energy or matter moves in a cycle, such as an electrical circuit
3. (electronics) loop in a circuit

Verb

回路

1. to return; to go back

Synonyms

• (circuit): 電路／电路 (diànlù), 線路／线路 (xiànlù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (回路):

• → Japanese: 回路(かいろ) (kairo)
• → Korean: 회로(回路) (hoero)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	路
かい Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

回(かい)路(ろ) • (kairo) 

1. any circuit in which energy or matter moves in a cycle, such as an electrical circuit