huí

to return; to go back

Type: VerbsHSK 1
Character origin

Radical 囗 (enclosure) + 口 (mouth). Entering through the mouth of the enclosure and out again — to turn around, to return.

Did you know?

Besides 'to return', it's the measure word for 'times': 一次 (once), 两回 (twice). In northern China, 回 is more colloquial than 次.

Radicals it's made of
wéienclosure
kǒumouth
Example sentence

我回家了。

Wǒ huí jiā le.

I returned home.

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