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回
huí
1.
to circle
2.
to go back
3.
to turn around
4.
to answer
5.
to return
6.
to revolve
7.
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
8.
time
9.
classifier for acts of a play
10.
chapter or chapter (of a classic book)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上回
shànghuí
last time
下回
xiàhuí
next chapter
来回
láihuí
to make a round trip
传回
chuánhuí
to send back
汇回
huìhuí
to remit home
取回
qǔhuí
to retrieve
召回
zhàohuí
to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
回事
huíshì
(old) to report to one's master
回交
huíjiāo
backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent)
回京
huíJīng
to return to the capital
回佣
huíyòng
commission
回来
huílai
to return
回信
huíxìn
to reply
回充
huíchōng
to recharge
回函
huíhán
a reply (in writing)
回到
huídào
to return to
回升
huíshēng
to rise again after a fall
回去
huíqu
to return
回口
huíkǒu
to answer back
回合
huíhé
round (of negotiations)
Example Sentences (2)
今年放假我又回不了家了，这次我父母又要失望了。你有什么计划？
Jīnnián fàngjià wǒ yòu huí bùliǎo jiā le, zhè cì wǒ fùmǔ yòu yào shīwàng le. Nǐ yǒu shénme jìhuà?
This year during the holidays I can’t go home again, and this time my parents will be disappointed again. Do you have any plans?
Text 3
没关系，你先把电视节目看完吧，然后再给我回电话。
Méiguānxi, nǐ xiān bǎ diànshì jiémù kàn wán ba, ránhòu zài gěi wǒ huí diànhuà.
It's okay, finish watching the TV show first, then call me back.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 171
- Word Frequency Rank
- 126 of 84,292