(huí jiā) - to go home, to return home in Mandarin
huíjiāTraditional: 回家
Translation
to go home, to return home
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.
雪，。
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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