回来 - Mandarin word #155

回来

huílái

Traditional: 回來

HSK 2

#155 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to come back, to return

Stroke order

回

来

。

He has come back.

？

When are you coming back?

。

I will come back tomorrow.

周zhōu。

He is on a business trip and returns next week.

。

Please come back at once.

回来 (huí lái) means to come back, to return. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

过来

to come over, to come across

回家

to go home, to return home

来

to come (directional)

离开

to leave, to depart from

起来

to get up, to rise

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 4.