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回复

huí fù

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 回復

回复 (huí fù) means "to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 回复 means

1. to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
2. variant of {回覆|huí fù}

The characters in 回复

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume

Example sentences

• 她没有回复。
  She didn't reply.
• 汤姆没回复玛丽。
  Tom didn't write Mary back.
• 我很抱歉回复晚了。
  Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn huífù wǎn le.
  I'm sorry for the late response.
• 你不必回复那封信。
  Nǐ bù bì huífù nà fēng xìn.
  You don't need to answer that letter.
• 希望你能尽早回复。
  Xīwàng nǐ néng jǐnzǎo huífù.
  I hope you'll answer me soon.
• 他要求我尽快回复。
  He pressed me for a prompt reply.

Sounds the same

Read huí fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 回覆to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huí fù correctly.
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