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回来 Traditional: 回來
Pinyin huí lai IPA [xweɪ˧˥ laɪ] Zhuyin ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞ˙
HSK 1 verb 动词 Book 1 · Lesson 14 separable verb 离合词 — see chart freq #480

Meaning

To come back, to return here — motion back toward the speaker: 我明天回来 means "I'll come back tomorrow". The form for going back (away) is 回去.

Examples

请回来。 qǐng huí lái Turn back, please.
我回来了! wǒ huí lái le I'm back.
我会回来的。 wǒ huì huí lái de I'll come back.

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