回
huí HSK1

return

回 huí frequency
return verb
to go back to a place or a previous state

他已经定好了下周回北京的机票。

tā yǐ​jīng dìng​hǎo le xià zhōu huí Běi​jīng de jī​piào.

He has already booked a flight back to Beijing for next week.

answer verb
to reply or respond to a communication

他还没回我的邮件。

tā hái méi huí wǒ de yóu​jiàn.

He hasn't replied to my email yet.

time measure word
classifier for number of times or occurrences

我以前见过他一回。

wǒ yǐ​qián jiàn guo tā yī huí.

I have met him once before.

chapter measure word
classifier for acts of a play or chapters of a classic novel

这一回的内容讲的是孙悟空大闹天宫。

zhè yī huí de nèi​róng jiǎng de shì Sūn Wù​kōng dà​nào Tiān​gōng.

This chapter is about Sun Wukong creating havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Hui abbreviation
the Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

汉、回、藏、蒙等各民族应当和谐相处。

Hàn, huí, Zàng, Měng děng gè mín​zú yīng​dāng hé​xié xiāng​chǔ.

The Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongolian, and other ethnic groups should live together in harmony.

turn verb
to circle, revolve, or turn around

请回过头来看我。

qǐng huí guò tóu lái kàn wǒ.

Please turn around and look at me.

回 (迴) huí
return verb
to go back to a place or a previous state

既然任务已经完成了，那我们就回吧。

jì​rán rèn​wu yǐ​jīng wán​chéng le, nà wǒ​men jiù huí ba.

Since the task is finished, let's head back.

curve noun
to bend or follow a winding path

小河在山脚下打了一个回，绕过村庄向东流去。

xiǎo​hé zài shān​jiǎo xià dǎ le yī gè huí, rào​guò cūn​zhuāng xiàng dōng liú qù.

The small river made a loop at the foot of the hill, bypassed the village, and flowed eastward.

revolve verb
to move in a circular or winding motion

这条山路在林间回了几道弯，一直通向山顶。

zhè tiáo shān​lù zài lín jiān huí le jǐ dào wān, yī​zhí tōng​xiàng shān​dǐng.

This mountain path winds through the forest with several turns, leading all the way to the summit.

Cross-References

Has variant

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)