HSK 6 · Verbs

挽回 wǎnhuí “to retrieve” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 挽回 means

  1. to retrieve
  2. to redeem
  3. to salvage

How to say 挽回

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale挽wǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising

挽回 in a sentence

  1. 他想挽回自己的面子。

    Tā xiǎng wǎnhuí zìjǐ de miànzi.

    He wanted to save face.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 时间过去了就无法挽回。

    Shíjiān guòqù le jiù wúfǎ wǎnhuí.

    Time that has passed can never be got back.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 挽回 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 挽 (wǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
挽wǎnto pull
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 免to spare · miǎnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 免 (miǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with wǎn.

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.

How to write 挽回

挽 10 strokes · 回 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 挽回

Words with 挽

挽救wǎnjiù · to save

Words with 回

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

More words: Common Verbs

拖延tuōyán · to delay瓦解wǎjiě · to collapse挖掘wājué · to dig完毕wánbì · to finish挽救wǎnjiù · to save玩弄wánnòng · to play with喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维持wéichí · to maintain

FAQs

挽回 (wǎnhuí) means “to retrieve” or “to redeem”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǎnhuí: wǎn with a 3rd tone, then huí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 挽回 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanhui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挽回 from the suggestions. Typing wanhui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挽回 is an HSK 6 word in the 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.