(huí jiā) - to go home, to return home in Mandarin

huíjiā

Traditional: 回家

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Translation

to go home, to return home

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Word origin

回家 means 'to go home': 回 (huí, 'to return') plus 家 (jiā, 'home'). 家 is a compound of 宀 (the roof radical) over 豕 (a pig), a household under one roof.

Origin: compound
Root: 回 (huí, to return) + 家 (jiā, home: 宀 roof + 豕 pig)

Stroke order

回

家

Examples

。

I am going home now.

？

When are you going home?

。

He has already gone home.

。

After work I go straight home.

，。

It is snowing, head home early.

回家 (huí jiā) means to go home, to return home. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: 回家, 今晚, 它们 and 6 more words.