HSK 1 · Coming & going

回来

huí lai

to come back

Stroke order of 回来

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

回 · 6 strokes 来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

回 is a whirl returning to its start; 来 means toward here.

Parts: 回 return + 来 come

The characters in 回来

回 huí — to return; to go back (6 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你什么时候回来？

When are you coming back?

Words with 回

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

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

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 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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