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(huí) - to return, to go back, to come back in Mandarin

huí

Traditional: 回

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HSK 2
#408 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to return, to go back, to come back

Word origin

回 (huí, 'to return') is a pictograph: it depicts a spiral or whirl of water with one enclosure inside another, conveying the idea of turning back and circling round.

Origin
pictograph
Root
回 (a pictograph of a spiral or whirl, an enclosure within an enclosure)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 回

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Examples

？

What time are you coming back?

。

I am home.

。

He went back to get something.

封fēng。

He replied with a long letter.

。

Please return my call.

回 (huí) - to return, to go back, to come back.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 回.

回来huí láito come back, to return回家huí jiāto go home, to return home回去huí qùto go back, to return怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's going on, what's the matter回到huí dàoto return to, to get back to回答huí dáto answer, to reply; answer, reply回事huí shìmatter, what is going on

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This word is part of lesson 9.