Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
回来
huílái
Description
"回来"的意思是从别的地方回到原来的地方，比如回到家或者回到公司。
"回来" means to return to the original place from somewhere else, such as returning home or to the company.
我们每天下班以后都要回来。
We have to come back every day after work.
Meanings
回来huílái
to come back; to return (toward the speaker)
爸爸晚上八点回来。
Dad comes back at 8 p.m.
回来huílái
back (as a directional complement after a verb)
请把书拿回来。
Please bring the book back.
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Notes
- Etymology
回 (return) + 来 (come, toward speaker); contrast 回去 which moves away.
- Nuance
use 回来 when the destination is where the speaker is; 回去 otherwise.
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