回去
Chinese
to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam |
to go; to leave; to remove | ||
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simp. and trad. (回去) |
回 | 去 |
Pronunciation
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Verb
回去
- to return; to go back; to go; to leave
- to go back (used after a verb to indicate direction away from speaker)
- (Taiwan, euphemistic) to die; to go home
Usage notes
In Chinese there is often no distinction made between "return" and "leave"; 回去 (huíqù) can be translated either way depending on the situation.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 回去 (“to return; to go back”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 回去 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 回去 |
Taiwan | 回去 | |
Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 回去 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 返去 |
Hong Kong | 返去 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 返去 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 返去 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 返去 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 返去 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 返去 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 轉去 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 轉去, 倒轉去 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 轉去, 倒轉去 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 轉去, 倒轉去 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 轉去, 倒轉去 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 轉去, 倒轉去 | |
Hong Kong | 轉去 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 轉去 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去 |
Quanzhou | 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去 | |
Zhangzhou | 轉去, 轉來去 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 翻去, 轉去, balik | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 倒去, 翻去, 斡去 | |
Shantou | 轉去 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 轉去 | |
Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 轉去 |
Wu | Shanghai | 回去, 轉去 |