挽回

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	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
simp. and trad. (挽回)		挽	回

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnhuí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ wui⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ván-fì
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): boán-hôe / bán-hôe / bán-hê

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang² huê⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnhuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnhuéi
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-hui²
  - Yale: wǎn-hwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanhwei
  - Palladius: ваньхуэй (vanʹxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁵ wui⁴
  - Yale: wáahn wùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ wui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁵ wui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn¹³ wuːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-fì
  - Hakka Romanization System: van^ˋ fi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van³ fi²
  - Sinological IPA: /van³¹ fi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-hôe
  - Tâi-lô: buán-huê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boafnhoee
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-hôe
  - Tâi-lô: bán-huê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafnhoee
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-hê
  - Tâi-lô: bán-hê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafnhee
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang² huê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máng huê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵⁵/

Verb

挽回

(transitive) to save (damages, reputation, lost fortune, etc.); to recover; to reverse
挽回敗局／挽回败局 ― wǎnhuí bàijú ― to reverse a bad situation

挽回面子 ― wǎnhuí miànzi ― to save face
- 2020, “情路放我過”‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  無需要挽回　無需要挽回　愛無夠多　痛超過 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  无需要挽回　无需要挽回　爱无够多　痛超过 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  bô su-iàu bán-hôe, bô su-iàu bán-hôe, ài bô kàu chōe, thiàⁿ chhiau-kòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  No need to salvage [the relationship], no need to salvage, there's not enough love and too much pain

Derived terms

無可挽回 / 无可挽回

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挽	回
ばん Jinmeiyō	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bã̠ŋka̠i]

Noun

挽(ばん)回(かい) • (bankai)

recovery, restoration, revival, retrieval

Verb

挽(ばん)回(かい)する • (bankai suru) suru (stem 挽(ばん)回(かい)し (bankai shi), past 挽(ばん)回(かい)した (bankai shita))

to catch up, to recover

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挽回する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	挽回し	ばんかいし	bankai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	挽回し	ばんかいし	bankai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	挽回する	ばんかいする	bankai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	挽回する	ばんかいする	bankai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	挽回すれ	ばんかいすれ	bankai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	挽回せよ¹ 挽回しろ²	ばんかいせよ¹ ばんかいしろ²	bankai seyo¹ bankai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	挽回される	ばんかいされる	bankai sareru
Causative	挽回させる挽回さす	ばんかいさせるばんかいさす	bankai saseru bankai sasu
Potential	挽回できる	ばんかいできる	bankai dekiru
Volitional	挽回しよう	ばんかいしよう	bankai shiyō
Negative	挽回しない	ばんかいしない	bankai shinai
Negative continuative	挽回せず	ばんかいせず	bankai sezu
Formal	挽回します	ばんかいします	bankai shimasu
Perfective	挽回した	ばんかいした	bankai shita
Conjunctive	挽回して	ばんかいして	bankai shite
Hypothetical conditional	挽回すれば	ばんかいすれば	bankai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“^▲挽回”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
挽	回

Noun

挽回 • (manhoe) (hangeul 만회)

hanja form^? of 만회 (“recovery; restoration; revival; retrieval”)