huí​lai HSK1

to come back

  • created sense approved 回来/回來 · huí​lai · to come back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    回来 / 回來

    huí​lai

    to come back

    To return to the place of the speaker or a previously mentioned original location

    huí​lái

    回, 来

    回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to return 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 回来/回來 · huí​lai · to bring back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    回来 / 回來

    huí​lai

    to bring back

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

    回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to return 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 回来/回來 · huí​lai · later — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    回来 / 回來

    huí​lai

    later

    (Colloquial) In a moment; later on.

    回 (literal) → 回 · huí · to return 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense