回来
huí laiㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: HỒI LAI
Traditional: 回來
HSK 3.0 · 2
Meaning(verb)
to return; to come back
Examples
你什么时候回来？
nǐ shén me shí hòu huí lái?
When are you coming back?
爸爸下班回来了。
bà ba xià bān huí lái le.
Dad is back from work.
她上个月从越南回来了。
tā shàng gè yuè cóng yuè nán huí lái le.
She came back from Vietnam last month.
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Stroke order
HỒI · 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)
LAI · 7 strokes
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (pre
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