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
回家
huí jiā
to go home
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想回家。 Wǒ xiǎng huí jiā. I want to go home.
- 你什么时候回家？ Nǐ shénme shíhou huí jiā? When are you going home?
- 我们一起回家吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ huí jiā ba. Let's go home together.
- 妈妈常常很晚回家。 Māma chángcháng hěn wǎn huí jiā. Mom often comes home late.
- 都十二点了，还不回家？ Dōu shí'èr diǎn le, hái bù huí jiā? It's already twelve — why aren't you home yet?
- 下班了，王明马上回家。 Xiàbān le, Wáng Míng mǎshàng huí jiā. Once work is over, Wang Ming goes straight home.
- 你今天回不回家？ Nǐ jīntiān huí bù huí jiā? Are you going home today or not?
- 今天太忙，他没回家。 Jīntiān tài máng, tā méi huí jiā. He was too busy today, so he didn't go home.
- 从车站回家很远。 Cóng chēzhàn huí jiā hěn yuǎn. It's far from the station to home.
- 下雨了，快点回家吧！ Xiàyǔ le, kuài diǎn huí jiā ba! It's raining, hurry home!