HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

回去 huíqu “to return” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 回去 means

  1. to return
  2. to go back

How to say 回去

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own去quneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

回去 in a sentence

  1. 我们应该回去了。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi huíqu le.

    We should head back.

    Sentence #10783791 from Tatoeba

  2. 回去睡觉。

    Huíqu shuìjiào.

    Go back to bed.

    Sentence #13153749 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我不回去。

    Wǒ bù huíqu.

    I’m not going back.

    Sentence #6111870 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 回去 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

The character 去 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
去qùto golight in 回去
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidPicture someone leaving the ground 土 behind with a bag 厶: to go.

How to write 回去

回 6 strokes · 去 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

回去 (huíqu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 回去 (huíqu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 回去

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回答huídá · to reply回忆huíyì · to recall回顾huígù · to look back回避huíbì · to avoid挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回报huíbào · to repay回收huíshōu · to recycle

Words with 去

去qù · to go去年qùnián · last year出去chūqù · to go out进去jìnqù · to go in上去shàngqù · to go up下去xiàqù · to go down过去guòqù · in the past去世qùshì · to pass away失去shīqù · to lose

More words: Places & Getting Around

打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in里面lǐmiàn · inside路上lùshang · on the road

FAQs

回去 (huíqu) means “to return” or “to go back”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it huíqu: huí with a 2nd tone, then qu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 回去 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huiqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回去 from the suggestions. Typing huiqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回去 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.