回 (huí) — to return / to go back

回 (huí)

A verb meaning "to return" or "to go back" to a place you have been before. It always implies returning to a familiar or original location. It also appears in 回答 (huídá, to answer) and 回来 (huílái, to come back).

Meanings

1. [verb] To return, to go back, to come back to a place.

Example Sentences

我想回家。 Wǒ xiǎng huí jiā. I want to go home.

他昨天回来了。 Tā zuótiān huílái le. He came back yesterday.

你什么时候回学校？ Nǐ shénme shíhou huí xuéxiào? When will you go back to school?

她每天六点回到家。 Tā měitiān liù diǎn huídào jiā. She gets home every day at six o'clock.

Collocations

Memory Hook

The character 回 looks like a square inside a square, like a path that loops back to where it started — just like returning home.