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回去

huí quㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄩ˙

Traditional: 回去

HSK 3.0 · 2

回去 (huí qu) means to return; to go back.

Meaning(verb)

to return; to go back

Examples

  • 时间不早了,我该回去了。

    shí jiān bù zǎo le, wǒ gāi huí qù le.

    It's getting late, I should head back.

  • 春节你回去吗?

    chūn jié nǐ huí qù ma?

    Are you going back for Spring Festival?

  • 下个月我要回去看父母。

    xià gè yuè wǒ yào huí qù kàn fù mǔ.

    Next month I'm going back to see my parents.

Easily confused

  • 回来 — 回去 = go back (away from the speaker); 回来 = come back (toward the speaker). Calling a child home: 快回来!

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Stroke order

6 strokes

to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

5 strokes

to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used