回去

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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 go; to leave; to remove
simp. and trad.
(回去) 		回 去

Pronunciation

Verb

回去

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. (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

  • (to return):
Dialectal synonyms of 回去 (“to return; to go back”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回去
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 回去
Taiwan 回去
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 回去
Cantonese Guangzhou 返去
Hong Kong 返去
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 返去
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 返去
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 返去
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 返去
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 返去
Hakka Meixian 轉去
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 轉去, 倒轉去
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 轉去, 倒轉去
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 轉去, 倒轉去
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 轉去, 倒轉去
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 轉去, 倒轉去
Hong Kong 轉去
Senai (Huiyang) 轉去
Southern Min Xiamen 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
Quanzhou 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
Zhangzhou 轉去, 轉來去
Singapore (Hokkien) 翻去, 轉去, balik
Manila (Hokkien) 倒去, 翻去, 斡去
Shantou 轉去
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 轉去
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 轉去
Wu Shanghai 回去, 轉去

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