回信

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	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (回信)		回	信

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíxìn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ seon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-sin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíxìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéisìn
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-hsin⁴
  - Yale: hwéi-syìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweishinn
  - Palladius: хуэйсинь (xuejsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ seon³
  - Yale: wùih seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sɵn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˇ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi² xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: huê-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoesixn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² sin²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² sin⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² sin²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ sin¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ sin²¹/

Verb

回信

to reply (to a piece of correspondence); to respond; to write back

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 回批

Noun

回信

letter in reply

Synonyms

回批 (Southern Nan)
回音 (huíyīn)
回頭 / 回头 (huítóu) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (回信):

→ Japanese: 回信(かいしん) (kaishin)
→ Korean: 회신(回信) (hoesin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	信
かい Grade: 2	しん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠iɕĩɴ]

Noun

回(かい)信(しん) • (kaishin)

response, answer (to a letter), letter in reply

Verb

回(かい)信(しん)する • (kaishin suru) suru (stem 回(かい)信(しん)し (kaishin shi), past 回(かい)信(しん)した (kaishin shita))

to reply, to answer (to a letter)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "回信する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	回信し	かいしんし	kaishin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	回信し	かいしんし	kaishin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	回信する	かいしんする	kaishin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	回信する	かいしんする	kaishin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	回信すれ	かいしんすれ	kaishin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	回信せよ¹ 回信しろ²	かいしんせよ¹ かいしんしろ²	kaishin seyo¹ kaishin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	回信される	かいしんされる	kaishin sareru
Causative	回信させる回信さす	かいしんさせるかいしんさす	kaishin saseru kaishin sasu
Potential	回信できる	かいしんできる	kaishin dekiru
Volitional	回信しよう	かいしんしよう	kaishin shiyō
Negative	回信しない	かいしんしない	kaishin shinai
Negative continuative	回信せず	かいしんせず	kaishin sezu
Formal	回信します	かいしんします	kaishin shimasu
Perfective	回信した	かいしんした	kaishin shita
Conjunctive	回信して	かいしんして	kaishin shite
Hypothetical conditional	回信すれば	かいしんすれば	kaishin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	信

Noun

回信 • (hoesin) (hangeul 회신)

hanja form^? of 회신 (“response, answer (to a letter)”)