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title: "Huihe Meaning: 回合 (round) or 汇合 (to converge)?"
description: "回合 (huíhé) means “round (of a fight, game, negotiation etc); bout”. Not the huihe you heard? See 汇合. Hear its tones, see what 回 and 合 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huihe"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 回合 mean?

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回合 huíhé

## round (of a fight, game, negotiation etc); bout

## Its characters

1. 回 huí to return
2. 合 hé to close

## In a sentence

比赛进行到了第三个回合。 The match has gone into the third round.

两人从洞口打到山顶，一连打了十几个**回合**，还是分不出高低。

From [黑熊精 · The Black Bear Demon](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-black-bear-demon-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-14#library-word-219-221)

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## Other words said huihe

- [汇合huìhéto converge](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B1%87%E5%90%88)

## More words with 回 or 合

- [百合 bǎihé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baihe)
- [场合 chǎnghé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/changhe)
- [重合 chónghé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chonghe)
- [返回 fǎnhuí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fanhui)
- [符合 fúhé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuhe)
- [合并 hébìng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hebing)
- [合唱 héchàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hechang)
- [合成 héchéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hecheng)
- [合法 héfǎ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hefa)
- [合格 hégé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hege)

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