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来回

lái huí · lai hui

Traditional 來回

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to make a round trip
  2. return journey
  3. back and forth
  4. to and fro
  5. repeatedly
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A long round trip

  1. Dengdeng

    去(qù)机场(jīchǎng)来回(láihuí)要(yào)三个小时(sāngèxiǎoshí)。

    A round trip to the airport takes three hours.

  2. Liangliang

    太(tài)远(yuǎn)了(le)。你(nǐ)带(dài)什么(shénme)？

    That's far. What are you bringing?

  3. Dengdeng

    一本(yīběn)书(shū)和(hé)一副(yīfù)耳机(ěrjī)。

    A book and a pair of earphones.

  4. Liangliang

    来回(láihuí)三个小时(sāngèxiǎoshí)，一本(yīběn)书(shū)够(gòu)了(le)。

    Three hours round trip, one book is enough.

  5. Dengdeng

    不过(bùguò)我(wǒ)晕车(yùnchē)，来回(láihuí)都(dōu)在(zài)睡觉(shuìjiào)。

    But I get carsick, so I sleep the whole round trip.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

萨(sà)米(mǐ)和(hé)莱(lái)拉(lā)不(bù)停(tíng)地(de)来(lái)回(huí)发(fā)短(duǎn)信(xìn)。

Sami and Layla kept texting back and forth.

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

02

你(nǐ)每(měi)次(cì)来(lái)回(huí)都(dōu)是(shì)公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)车(chē)子(zi)对(duì)吧(ba)？

You always go there and back in the company car, don't you?

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

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