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(huí dào) - to return to, to get back to in Mandarin

huídào

Traditional: 回到

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Translation

to return to, to get back to

Word origin

回到 means 'to return to': 回 (huí, 'to return') plus 到 (dào, 'to arrive at'). 到 is a phono-semantic compound of 至 (zhì, 'to reach') with 刂 (a knife element) as phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
回 (huí, to return) + 到 (dào, to arrive)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 回

Stroke order for 到

Examples

xiāng

He returned to his hometown.

zuò

Please return to your seat.

I wish I could go back to the past.

We have returned to the starting point.

He has finally returned home.

回到 (huí dào) - to return to, to get back to.

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This word is part of lesson 9.