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返回

fǎn huí

return

Usage note

返回表示回到原来的地方。

fǎn huí biǎo shì huí dào yuán lái de dì fāng。

返回 means to go back to the original place.

Context note

返回常用于旅行、网络和动作。

fǎn huí cháng yòng yú lǚ xíng 、 wǎng luò hé dòng zuò。

It is often used with travel, the internet, and actions.

5 examples

返回
qǐng fǎn huí。
Please return.
返回家里。
tā fǎn huí jiā lǐ。
He returned home.
返回上一页。
fǎn huí shàng yí yè。
Return to the previous page.
返回学校了。
tā fǎn huí xué xiào le。
She returned to school.
车子已经返回
chē zi yǐ jīng fǎn huí。
The car has already returned.

5 mini stories

他从公园返回学校。
tā cóng gōng yuán fǎn huí xué xiào。
He returned to school from the park.
老师让大家返回上一页。
lǎo shī ràng dà jiā fǎn huí shàng yí yè。
The teacher asked everyone to return to the previous page.
下雨了,他们赶紧返回
xià yǔ le, tā men gǎn jǐn fǎn huí。
It rained, and they hurried back.
返回家后就开始写作业。
tā fǎn huí jiā hòu jiù kāi shǐ xiě zuò yè。
After returning home, she started homework.
返回原点再想一想。
fǎn huí yuán diǎn zài xiǎng yi xiǎng。
Go back to the starting point and think again.

Mini dialogue

返回教室

A
下课了,我们返回教室吧。
Xiàkè le, wǒmen fǎnhuí jiàoshì ba.
Class is over, let's return to the classroom.
B
好的,我们快点返回
Hǎo de, wǒmen kuài diǎn fǎnhuí.
Okay, let's return quickly.

还书

A
这本书看完了,什么时候返回图书馆?
Zhè běn shū kàn wán le, shénme shíhou fǎnhuí túshūguǎn?
I've finished reading this book. When will you return it to the library?
B
我明天就返回
Wǒ míngtiān jiù fǎnhuí.
I will return it tomorrow.

Related words and contrasts

similar
回来
huílái
come back

used when returning to the speaker's location

contrast
回去
huíqù
go back

used when returning to a place away from the speaker

opposite
离开
líkāi
leave

to go away from a place

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