Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
回
huí
Description
“回”很常用，可以表示回到一个地方，比如回家。
它也可以用来数事情的次数，比如“三回”就是三次。
Meanings
回huí
to return; to go back
我下午回家。
回huí
measure word for times or occurrences
我去过那里两回。
回huí
to reply; to answer
请回我的信息。
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Notes
- Nuance
as a measure word, 回 is more colloquial than 次 but often interchangeable.
- Etymology
pictograph of a swirl/coil, giving the sense of turning back.
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