Kilo Lingo

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

huí

Traditional: 回去

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Translation

to go back, to return

Word origin

回去 means 'to go back': 回 (huí, 'to return') plus 去 (qù, 'to go'). 去 depicts a person over an opening, conveying departure.

Origin
compound
Root
回 (huí, to return) + 去 (qù, to go)

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Examples

I want to go back.

When are you going back?

He has already gone back.

It is dark, let us go back.

He returned to work.

回去 (huí qù) - to go back, to return.

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This word is part of lesson 7.