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HSK 1 · Coming & going

回去

huí qu

to go back

Stroke order of 回去

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

回 · 6 strokes去 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

回 loops back to the beginning; 去 points away toward the destination.

Parts: 回 return + 去 go

The characters in 回去

  • 回 huí — to return; to go back (6 strokes)
  • 去 qù — to go (5 strokes)

Example sentence

太晚了，我要回去了。

It's too late, I have to go back.

Words with 回

回家to go home回答to answer回to return; to go back回到to return to回来to come back回国to return to one's country

Words with 去

去年last year去to go出去to go out进去to go in过去the past; to go over上去to go up下去to go down; to go on去世to pass away看上去to look; it seems失去to lose

More words: Coming & going

来to come去to go回to return; to go back出to go out; to exit进to enter来到to arrive; to come to回到to return to出来to come out出去to go out进来to come in进去to go in回来to come back走to walk; to leave走路to walk跑to run到to arrive; to reach

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