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回家

huí jiā · hui jia

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to return home
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Spring Festival trip

  1. Liangliang

    春节(chūnjié)快(kuài)到(dào)了(le)，你(nǐ)什么(shénme)时候(shíhou)回家(huíjiā)？

    Spring Festival is coming. When do you go home?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)二十八号(èrshíbāhào)回家(huíjiā)，你(nǐ)呢(ne)？

    I go home on the twenty-eighth. And you?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)回家(huíjiā)，可是(kěshì)火车票(huǒchēpiào)很(hěn)难(nán)买(mǎi)。

    I'm going home too, but train tickets are hard to buy.

  4. Dengdeng

    难(nán)买(mǎi)？我(wǒ)家(jiā)就(jiù)在(zài)这(zhè)条(tiáo)街(jiē)上(shàng)。

    Hard to buy? My home is on this street.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)回家(huíjiā)走(zǒu)五(wǔ)分钟(fēnzhōng)就(jiù)到(dào)了(le)！

    Then you get home in a five-minute walk!

  6. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)每年(měinián)都(dōu)提着(tízhe)箱子(xiāngzi)走(zǒu)五(wǔ)分钟(fēnzhōng)，让(ràng)妈妈(māma)开心(kāixīn)。

    Yes, but every year I carry a suitcase for five minutes to make Mom happy.

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2 examples
01

除(chú)了(le)一(yì)人(rén)，大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)回(huí)家(jiā)了(le)。

Except for one person, everybody went home.

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

02

既(jì)然(rán)雨(yǔ)已(yǐ)经(jīng)停(tíng)了(le), 我(wǒ)们(men)可(kě)以(yǐ)回(huí)家(jiā)了(le).

Now that it has stopped raining, we can go home.

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

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回
huí

to circle; to go back

家
jiā

home; family

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