回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
回到
huídào
to return to
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们回到了学校。 Wǒmen huídào le xuéxiào. We came back to school.
- 他回到了家。 Tā huídào le jiā. He got back home.
- 我们回到北京了。 Wǒmen huídào Běijīng le. We're back in Beijing.
- 她回到桌子旁边。 Tā huídào zhuōzi pángbiān. She went back over to the table.
- 火车几点回到车站？ Huǒchē jǐ diǎn huídào chēzhàn? What time does the train get back to the station?
- 爸爸九点回到家里。 Bàba jiǔ diǎn huídào jiālǐ. Dad gets back home at nine.
- 他明天回到学校上课。 Tā míngtiān huídào xuéxiào shàngkè. He'll be back at school for class tomorrow.
- 弟弟回到楼上睡觉了。 Dìdi huídào lóushàng shuìjiào le. Little brother has gone back upstairs to sleep.
- 我们中午回到饭店。 Wǒmen zhōngwǔ huídào fàndiàn. We get back to the hotel at noon.
- 学生们回到教学楼了。 Xuéshengmen huídào jiàoxuélóu le. The students have returned to the classroom building.