Return in Chinese
to return · HSK 1
回
他昨天回北京了。 He went back to Beijing yesterday.
Other ways to say return
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How do you say return in Chinese?
Return in Chinese is 回 (huí). You can also say 回来 (huí lái), 回去 (huí qù), 返回 (fǎn huí), 退还 (tuì huán).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.