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返回

fǎn huí

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

返回 (fǎn huí) means "to return to; to come (or go) back". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 返回 means

1. to return to
2. to come (or go) back

The characters in 返回

• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…

Example sentences

• 乔纳斯返回了车站。
  Jonas headed back to the station.
• 他总有一天要返回日本。
  Tā zǒngyǒu yī tiān yào fǎnhuí Rìběn.
  One day he will return to Japan.
• 一个小时后，她返回了。
  She came back an hour later.
• 迷路的渔船安全地返回了港口。
  Mílù de yúchuán ānquán de fǎnhuí le gǎngkǒu.
  The fishing boat that had been missing returned to its port safely.
• 暴风雪使得我们难以返回营地。
  Bàofēngxuě shǐ de wǒmen nán yǐ fǎnhuí yíngdì.
  We found it very hard going back to our base camp in the blizzard.
• 汤姆星期一来的，第二天返回了。
  Tom came on Monday and went back the day after.

Go deeper

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