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

huí

Traditional: 回

HSK 1

#408 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

to return, to go back, to come back

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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

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Examples

？

What time are you coming back?

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I am home.

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He went back to get something.

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He replied with a long letter.

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Please return my call.

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

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Appears in 7 words

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 taught in chapter 7, lesson 1: 回, 真正, 甚至 and 7 more words.