回鍋肉

See also: 回锅肉

Chinese

		to cook again; to heat up; to go back to previous job	meat; flesh
trad. (回鍋肉)		回鍋	肉
simp. (回锅肉)		回锅	肉

回鍋肉。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíguōròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wo¹ juk⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): huòi-guŏ-nṳ̆k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíguōròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguoròu
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-kuo¹-jou⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-gwō-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiguorow
    • Palladius: хуэйгожоу (xuejgožou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíguōròur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguoròur
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-kuo¹-jou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwéi-gwō-ròur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiguorowl
    • Palladius: хуэйгожоур (xuejgožour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ wo¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: wùih wō yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wo¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wo¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ wɔː⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi-guŏ-nṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)uo⁵⁵ nˡyʔ⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 回鍋肉

1. twice-cooked pork (a Chinese dish)
2. (figurative) one who returns to the same state, place, person, position, etc. after a period away

Usage notes

Sense #2 can be used in a diverse range of situations, for instance it can refer to a person who is re-recruited by the same company after resignation, enters a new relationship after a divorce, participates in a talent show program after having achieved one's fame in another, etc.

Descendants

• → Japanese: ホイコーロー (hoikōrō)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	鍋	肉
ほい Grade: 2	こー Grade: S	ろー Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 回鍋肉／回锅肉 (huíguōròu).

Noun

回鍋肉(ホイコーロー) • (hoikōrō) 

1. twice-cooked pork