回去

Chinese

 
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
to go; to leave; to remove
simp. and trad.
(回去)

Pronunciation


Verb

回去

  1. to return; to go back; to go; to leave
    找不到回去   zhǎobudào huíqù de lù   to be unable to find the way back
    回去   Nǐ xiān huíqù ba.   You go back first.
  2. to go back (used after a verb to indicate direction away from speaker)
    回去   zǒu huíqù   to walk back
    回去 / 回去   dài huíqù   to take back
  3. (Taiwan, euphemistic) to die; to go home

Usage notes

In Chinese there is often no distinction made between "return" and "leave"; 回去 (huíqù) can be translated either way depending on the situation.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 回去 (“to return; to go back”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回去
Mandarin Beijing 回去
Taiwan 回去
Cantonese Guangzhou 返去
Hong Kong 返去
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 返去
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 返去
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 返去
Kuala Lumpur 返去
Ho Chi Minh City 返去
Hakka Meixian 轉去
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 轉去, 倒轉去
Liudui (S. Sixian) 歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去
Hsinchu (Hailu) 轉去, 倒轉去
Dongshi (Dabu) 轉去, 倒轉去
Hsinchu (Raoping) 轉去, 倒轉去
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 轉去, 倒轉去
Hong Kong 轉去
Senai 轉去
Min Nan Xiamen 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
Quanzhou 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
Zhangzhou 轉去, 轉來去
Singapore 返去
Shantou 轉去
Johor Bahru 轉去
Wu Shanghai 回去, 轉去

Antonyms

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