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Chinese
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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
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to go; to leave; to remove
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simp. and trad.
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回
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去
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Pronunciation
Verb
回去
- to return; to go back; to go; to leave
- 找不到回去的路 ― zhǎobudào huíqù de lù ― to be unable to find the way back
- 你先回去吧。 ― Nǐ xiān huíqù ba. ― You go back first.
要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]
要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba.
- I think it's best I leave.
馬上要過年了，回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, trad.]
马上要过年了，回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, simp.]- Mǎshàng yào guònián le, huíqù yòu yào pīnjiǔ le.
- Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I have to have drinking contests again when I go back.
- to go back (used after a verb to indicate direction away from speaker)
- 走回去 ― zǒu huíqù ― to walk back
- 帶回去／带回去 ― dài huíqù ― to take back
- (Taiwan, euphemistic) to die; to go home
Usage notes
In Chinese there is often no distinction made between "return" and "leave"; 回去 (huíqù) can be translated either way depending on the situation.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
回去 (“to return; to go back”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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回去
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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回去
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| Taiwan
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回去
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| Guilin
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回去
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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返去
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| Hong Kong
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返去
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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返去
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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返去
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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返去
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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返去
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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返去
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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轉去
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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轉去, 倒轉去
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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轉去, 倒轉去
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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轉去, 倒轉去
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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轉去, 倒轉去
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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轉去, 倒轉去
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| Hong Kong
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轉去
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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轉去
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
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| Quanzhou
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轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
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| Zhangzhou
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轉去, 轉來去
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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翻去, 轉去, balik
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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倒去, 翻去, 斡去
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| Shantou
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轉去
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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轉去
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| Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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轉去
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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回去, 轉去
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to return”): 回來／回来 (huílái)