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Word · VerbTraditional洄

water flowing back; fish migration

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Meanings

2 senses · 3 examples
1.

verb

(of water) to flow back against the main current; to eddy

literary

A literary term describing the movement of water, not commonly used in everyday speech.

Hé河
shuǐ水
zài在
zhè这
lǐ里
huí洄
liú流
 ，
xíng形
chéng成
le了
yī一
gè个
shēn深
tán潭
 。

The river water eddies here, forming a deep pool.

2.

verb

to migrate (especially of fish); to make a spawning migration

technical

Primarily used in the term 洄游 (huíyóu) to describe the migratory behavior of aquatic animals like fish.

Sān三
wén文
yú鱼
měi每
nián年
dōu都
yào要
huí洄
yóu游
dào到
chū出
shēng生
de的
hé河
liú流
qù去
chǎn产
luǎn卵
 。

Salmon must migrate back to the river where they were born every year to spawn.

Huí洄
yóu游
shì是
hěn很
duō多
hǎi海
yáng洋
yú鱼
lèi类
zhòng重
yào要
de的
shēng生
mìng命
zhōu周
qī期
huó活
dòng动
 。

Migration is an important life cycle activity for many marine fish.