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回来

huí lai

HSK 1 · word 155 of 3,000

Meaning

• to return; to come back

Example sentence

Characters in 回来

• 回 huí to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around
• 来 lái to come

回 to return plus 来, towards the speaker. It is coming back to where the speaker is, which is why it cannot be swapped freely with 回去.

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