来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来回
láihuí
to go back and forth; round trip; back and forth
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 政策在几个部门之间来回修改，最终反而失去了最初的重点。 Zhèngcè zài jǐ ge bùmén zhījiān láihuí xiūgǎi, zuìzhōng fǎn'ér shīqù le zuìchū de zhòngdiǎn. The policy was revised back and forth among several departments and ultimately lost its original focus instead.
- 他在房间里来回走动，显得很紧张。 Tā zài fángjiān lǐ láihuí zǒudòng, xiǎnde hěn jǐnzhāng. He paced back and forth in the room, looking very nervous.
- 从家到公司来回要两个小时。 Cóng jiā dào gōngsī láihuí yào liǎng gè xiǎoshí. A round trip from home to the office takes two hours.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally