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回歸 (wui4 gwai1) — to retrocede; retrocession (i.e. 香港回歸 = Hong Kong retrocession [from the British back to China on July 1997]) in Cantonese

wuiˎ₄回gwaiˉ¹歸
简 回归
Mandarin Pinyin: hui2 gui1

Meaning of 回歸

nounto retrocede; retrocession (i.e. 香港回歸 = Hong Kong retrocession [from the British back to China on July 1997])
nounto regress; regression;
noun(verb) 1. Revert back; for HongKongese, the word "回歸" always refers to Hong Kong回歸 reverts back to China in July 1., 1997.

Characters in 回歸

回wui4
(measure) time (as used to indicate number of occurrence
歸gwai1
come together; converge; gather

Words Containing 回歸

回歸中國wui4 gwai1 zung1 gwok3
to return to China (e.g. Hong Kong)
香港回歸hoeng1 gong2 wui4 gwai1
Transfer of Sovereignty over Hong Kong
回歸線wui4 gwai1 sin3
tropic (geographical demarcation line)
回歸祖國wui4 gwai1 zou2 gwok3
reunited with the Motherland

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