回去

Character by character

• 回huí6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 迴return, turn around; a time
• 去qù5 strokesHSK 1go away, leave, depart

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Example sentences

• 走回去。

  Zǒu huí qu

  Go back.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 回去. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 去qùHSK 1

  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 either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

• 回huíHSK 1

  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)

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 回来huí laiHSK 1

  to return; to come back

• 回家huí jiāHSK 1

  to return home

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 下去xià qùHSK 3

  to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 回到huí dàoHSK 1

  to return to

• 回答huí dáHSK 1

  to reply; to answer; reply; answer

• 进去jìn qùHSK 1

  to go in

• 回忆huí yìHSK 5

  to recall; memories

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 回复huí fùHSK 4

  to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email)

• 看上去kàn shang quHSK 3

  it would appear; it seems (that)

• 回头huí tóuHSK 5

  to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

• 回报huí bàoHSK 5

  (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate

• 去世qù shìHSK 3

  to pass away; to die

• 返回fǎn huíHSK 5

  to return to; to come (or go) back

• 回归huí guīHSK 7

  to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)

• 收回shōu huíHSK 4

  to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke

• 回顾huí gùHSK 5

  to look back; to review

• 回应huí yìngHSK 6

  to respond; response