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

• 回答huídá (second tone, rising)to answer, to reply