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Mythic Mandarin

回去 (huí qu): meaning and stroke order

回去 (huí qu) means to return, to go back.

回去

Simplified
回去
Traditional
回去 (same form)
Pinyin
huí qu

Stroke order of 回去

回

  • huí to circle; to go back
  • huí to curve; to return
  • huí variant of 迴|回[hui2]
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 迴

Stroke by stroke

去

  • qù to go; to go to (a place)
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 回去

  1. huí qu
    • to return
    • to go back

Radicals of the characters

回
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 6 strokes · built from 囗 and 口
去
Radical 厶 (Kangxi radical 28) · 5 strokes · 土 on top, 厶 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

回去 in our stories

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  • 孟凯紧张得手都出汗了，但是他知道，现在回去拿已经来不及了。

    Mèng Kǎi jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu chū hàn le dànshì tā zhīdao xiànzài huíqu ná yǐjīng láibují le

    Meng Kai was so nervous his hands were sweating, but he knew there was no time to go back for it.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

  • 他回去仔细看了商品介绍，才发现上面写着：“玩具沙发，长十八厘米。”

    tā huíqu zǐxì kàn le shāngpǐn jièshào cái fāxiàn shàngmiàn xiě zhe wánjù shāfā cháng shíbā límǐ

    He went back and read the product description carefully, and only then saw that it said, "Toy sofa, 18 cm long."

    From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4

  • 张别古又羞又急，回去问瓦盆，盆里的声音委屈地说：“大堂门口有门神，我一个冤魂，怎么敢进去？”

    Zhāng Biégǔ yòu xiū yòu jí huíqu wèn wǎpén pén lǐ de shēngyīn wěiqu de shuō dàtáng ménkǒu yǒu ménshén wǒ yí gè yuānhún zěnme gǎn jìnqu

    Ashamed and anxious, Zhang Biegu went back and asked the basin. The voice said plaintively, "There are door gods at the court entrance. How would a wronged ghost dare go in?"

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 回去

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).