回 huí — to return, to go back

Meanings

1. 1

   to return, to go back

   To go back to where you came from. The destination follows directly: 回家 go home, 回学校 go back to school, 回中国 return to China.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 回

  huí (second tone, rising)

  to return, to go back; to turn round; to reply; a time, an occasion (measure word); a chapter of a novel

  6 strokes⿴囗口Radical 囗

Example sentences

• 他昨天回北京了。Tā (first tone, high and level) zuótiān (second tone, rising) huí (second tone, rising) Běijīng (third tone, dipping) le. (neutral tone)···

  He went back to Beijing yesterday.

• 你什么时候回学校？/你什麼時候回學校？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) shénme (second tone, rising) shíhou (second tone, rising) huí (second tone, rising) xuéxiào? (second tone, rising)···

  When are you going back to school?

Similar words

Words containing 回

• 回来/回來huí (second tone, rising) lai (neutral tone)to return; to come back
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
• 回去huí (second tone, rising) qu (neutral tone)to return
• 回答huídá (second tone, rising)to answer, to reply
• 回忆/回憶huí (second tone, rising) yì (fourth tone, falling)to recall
• 回复/回復huí (second tone, rising) fù (fourth tone, falling)to reply
• 回头/回頭huí (second tone, rising) tóu (second tone, rising)to turn round; to turn one's head
• 回报/回報huí (second tone, rising) bào (fourth tone, falling)(in) return
• 返回fǎn (third tone, dipping) huí (second tone, rising)to return to
• 回归/回歸huí (second tone, rising) guī (first tone, high and level)to return to
• 收回shōu (first tone, high and level) huí (second tone, rising)to regain
• 回顾/回顧huí (second tone, rising) gù (fourth tone, falling)to look back
• 回应/回應huí (second tone, rising) yìng (fourth tone, falling)to respond
• 回收huí (second tone, rising) shōu (first tone, high and level)to recycle
• 回避huí (second tone, rising) bì (fourth tone, falling)to shun
• 回想huí (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to recall