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
Related words
- 回 huí — 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)
- 回答 huí dá — to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- 回忆 huí yì — to recall; memories
- 回报 huí bào — (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
- 回顾 huí gù — to look back; to review
- 回收 huí shōu — to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product)
- 回避 huí bì — variant of 回避
- 挽回 wǎn huí — to retrieve; to redeem