Meaning of 回家
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to return home
How to use 回家
回家 is a verb phrase meaning to go or come back home, and it is used every day in simple sentences. You can add 了 to show it already happened, as in 他回家了 (tā huíjiā le), he went home. A common example: 我六点回家。(Wǒ liù diǎn huíjiā.) I go home at six.
回 (huí) looks like a small box inside a bigger box, like going around and coming back to the center. 家 (jiā) has a roof on top, so 回家 means coming back to the place under your own roof.
Common mistake: Learners often say 去家 (qù jiā) for going home, but Chinese uses 回家 because home is where you return to. Also, do not add 到 or 去 in front, as in 去回家; just say 回家.
回家 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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回 huí · to go back · 6 strokes
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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 回家.
| 回来 | huílái | to return; to come back |
| 回去 | huíqù | to return; to go back |
| 回到 | huídào | to return to |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 回答 | huídá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 家里 | jiā li | home |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; (old) servant |
| 在家 | zàijiā | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiātíng | family; household |
| 作家 | zuòjiā | author |
| 科学家 | kēxuéjiā | scientist |
Questions about 回家
What does 回家 mean?
回家 (huí jiā) means "to return home".
How do you write 回家?
回家 is made of 2 characters: 回 (6 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 回家 an HSK word?
Yes. 回家 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say I want to go home in Chinese?
Say 我想回家 (wǒ xiǎng huíjiā). 想 means want to, and it goes right before 回家.
What is the difference between 回家 and 回到家?
回家 is the general action of going home. 回到家 (huídào jiā) stresses arriving at home, as in 我回到家了 (wǒ huídào jiā le), I have gotten home.