回归 meaning in English

huíguī

to return to; to retreat

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 回歸11 strokes

Meaning of 回归

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huíguī
  1. to return to
  2. to retreat
  3. regression (statistics)

回归 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

香xiāng港gǎng是shì一yī九jiǔ九jiǔ七qī年nián回huí归guī中zhōng国guó的de。
Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.
有yǒu一yī首shǒu关guān于yú澳ào门mén回huí归guī的de歌gē很hěn好hǎo听tīng。
There's a really good song about Macau's return to Chinese rule.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

回 huí · to go back · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

归 guī · to return · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 回归.

回来huíláito return; to come back
回家huí jiāto return home
回去huíqùto return; to go back
回到huídàoto return to
回答huídáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
回国huí guóto return to one's home country
收回shōuhuíto regain; to retake
回复huífùto recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui
回忆huíyìto recall; memories
回头huítóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
返回fǎnhuíto return to; to come (or go) back
回报huíbào(in) return; reciprocation

Questions about 回归

What does 回归 mean?

回归 (huíguī) means "to return to; to retreat" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 回归?

回归 is made of 2 characters: 回 (6 strokes), 归 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 回归 an HSK word?

Yes. 回归 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 回归 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 回归 is written 回歸.