回来
huí​lai HSK1

to come back

回来 回來 huí//lai
to come back verb + particle
To return to the place of the speaker or a previously mentioned original location

她说她一小时后回来。

tā shuō tā yī xiǎo​shí hòu huí lai.

She said she would be back in an hour.

你希望你丈夫回来吗？

nǐ xī​wàng nǐ zhàng​fu huí lai ma?

Do you want your husband to come back?

to bring back verb
Used after another verb to show that the action brings something or someone back to its original location or to where the speaker is.

不要带回来任何东西。

bù​yào dài huí​lai rèn​hé dōng​xi.

Don't bring anything back.

给我带个惊喜回来。

gěi wǒ dài ge jīng​xǐ huí​lai.

Bring me back a surprise.

later verb
(Colloquial) In a moment; later on.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
668.4 per million appears in 88% of films
Written text
160.6 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)