VocabularyHSK 3 · core

回来

huílái

to come back

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

什么时候回来?
When are you coming back?
我马上回来。
I'll be right back.

Collocations

回来吧马上回来什么时候回来

Mnemonic

回来 huílái "come back" — 回 (return) + 来 (come, toward speaker). Antonym: 回去 huíqù "go back (away from speaker)". The 来/去 distinction tracks speaker location.

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Return moving away from speaker?