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回去

huí qu · hui qu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to return
  2. to go back
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Going back home

  1. Dengdeng

    里昂(lǐáng)，你(nǐ)什么时候(shénmeshíhou)回去(huíqu)？

    Leon, when are you going back?

  2. Leon

    下个月(xiàgèyuè)回去(huíqu)。

    Next month I go back.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)回去(huíqu)以后(yǐhòu)还(hái)会(huì)学(xué)中文(zhōngwén)吗(ma)？

    Will you still learn Chinese after you go back?

  4. Leon

    当然(dāngrán)。我(wǒ)回去(huíqu)要(yào)教(jiāo)我(wǒ)妈妈(māma)说(shuō)“你好(nǐhǎo)”。

    Of course. When I go back I'll teach my mom to say "hello".

  5. Dengdeng

    她(tā)同意(tóngyì)吗(ma)？

    Does she agree?

  6. Leon

    她(tā)说(shuō)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)教(jiāo)她(tā)，她(tā)再(zài)教(jiāo)我(wǒ)做饭(zuòfàn)。

    She says I teach her first, then she teaches me to cook.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)把(bǎ)笔(bǐ)记(jì)放(fàng)在(zài)宿(sù)舍(shè)了(le)，现(xiàn)在(zài)回(huí)去(qu)拿(ná)。

I left the notes in the dormitory. I'll go back and get them now.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

天(tiān)快(kuài)黑(hēi)了(le)，我(wǒ)们(men)早(zǎo)点(diǎn)回(huí)去(qu)吧(ba)。

It's getting dark; let's go back a bit earlier.

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回
huí

to circle; to go back

去
qù

to go; to go to (a place)

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