回
huí HSK1

return

回 huí frequency
variants 迴,逥
to return verb
to return to a place; to go back or come back

我已经一年没回家了。

wǒ yǐ​jing yī nián méi huí jiā le.

I haven't been home for a year.

把你的手放回墙上去。

bǎ nǐ de shǒu fàng huí qiáng shang qù.

Put your hands back on the wall.

to turn verb
to turn around; to circle or revolve; to curve or wind around
to avoid verb
(bound form) to avoid or shun; to move out of the way, as in 回避 huí​bì
回 huí
to answer verb
to reply to a letter, message, or question; to report back

我有些电话要回。

wǒ yǒu​xiē diàn​huà yào huí.

I have some calls to return.

她没有回短信。

tā méi​yǒu huí duǎn​xìn.

She didn't text back.

[matters] nounverb
(measure word) an item or matter, often in the phrase 一回事 yī​huí​shì
to reciprocate verb
to return a favor, gift, or action with something similar; to strike back

有人敲墙，他回敲过去。

yǒu rén qiāo qiáng, tā huí qiāo guò​qu.

Someone knocked on the wall and he knocked back.

她会回吻你的。

tā huì huí wěn nǐ de.

She will kiss you back.

[times] measure word
(measure word) the number of occurrences of an event or action

他去过好几回日本了。

tā qù guo hǎo​jǐ huí rì​běn le.

He has been to Japan several times before.

to decline verb
to refuse or decline an invitation or request; to dismiss or fire someone
to change verb
to change or waver, as in one's mind or purpose
[chapter]
(measure word) a chapter or section of a classic novel or a session of traditional storytelling
Hui (ethnic group)
the Hui ethnic minority of China; a Muslim
回 huí
variant 迴
Hui (surname)
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
172nd most common 1236.4 per million
Movie subtitles
84th most common 1979.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
902.0 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
336.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
迴
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+56DE

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)