返
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To return to in Chinese: 返回 (fǎn huí)

fǎn huí

to return to

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to return to
  2. 2to come (or go) back

Stroke order

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返
回

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄈㄢˇ

fǎn

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄨㄟˊ

huí

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他从山上返回了家里。

    tā cóng shān shàng fǎn huí le jiā lǐ。

    He returned home from the mountain.

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Related words

回

huí

to circle

回答

huí dá

to reply

回忆

huí yì

to recall

往返

wǎng fǎn

to go back and forth

回到

huí dào

to return to

回家

huí jiā

to return home

回来

huí lai

to return

回去

huí qu

to return

回国

huí guó

to return to one's home country

回复

huí fù

to reply

收回

shōu huí

to regain

回报

huí bào

(in) return

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