回來

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See also: 回来

Chinese

 
to circle; to go back; to turn around
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
to come
trad. (回來)
simp. (回来)
anagram 來回来回

Pronunciation


Note: hui1 lai3 - used at end of verbs.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (37)
Final () (42) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwoj loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuʌi/ /lʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuoi/ /ləi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɒi/ /lɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwəj/ /ləj/
Li
Rong
/ɣuᴀi/ /lᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɒi/ /lɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ̆i/ /lɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huí lái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wui4 loi4

Verb

回來

  1. to return; to come back; to be back
    馬上回來马上回来  ―  Mǎshàng huílái!  ―  Come back right away!
    回來抓住 [MSC, trad.]
    回来抓住 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yī huílái jiù zhuāzhù tā.
    Grab him as soon as he comes back.
  2. (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
    特意法國你們回來一些資料你們好好看看 [MSC, trad.]
    特意法国你们回来一些资料你们好好看看 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.
    These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.

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