Meaning of 恢复
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to reinstate
- to resume
- to restore
- to recover
- to regain
- to rehabilitate
How to use 恢复
恢复 is used for health, order, systems, relations, and data returning to a normal or earlier state. It often takes objects like 健康 (jiànkāng), 正常 (zhèngcháng), or 秩序 (zhìxù). Example: 他的身体已经恢复了。(Tā de shēntǐ yǐjīng huīfù le.) His health has already recovered.
恢 (huī) has the heart radical 忄, and 复 (fù) means to return or go back, as in 复习 (fùxí). Picture your heart and mind returning to how they were before: that is 恢复, to recover or restore.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 恢复 (huīfù) and 回复 (huífù). 回复 usually means to reply to a message, so write 回复邮件 for replying to an email, not 恢复邮件, which would mean restoring a deleted email. Also keep the first tone on 恢 (huī), not the second tone of 回 (huí).
恢复 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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恢 huī · to restore · 9 strokes
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复 fù · again · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 恢复.
| 重复 | chóngfù | to repeat; to duplicate |
| 复习 | fùxí | to review; revision |
| 复杂 | fùzá | complicated; complex |
| 反复 | fǎnfù | repeatedly; over and over |
| 复印 | fùyìn | to photocopy; to duplicate a document |
| 回复 | huífù | to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui |
| 复制 | fùzhì | to duplicate; to make a copy of |
| 修复 | xiūfù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 答复 | dáfù | to answer; to reply |
| 康复 | kāngfù | to recuperate; to recover (health) |
| 复苏 | fùsū | to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate |
| 报复 | bàofù | to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation |
Questions about 恢复
What does 恢复 mean?
恢复 (huīfù) means "to reinstate; to resume" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 恢复?
恢复 is made of 2 characters: 恢 (9 strokes), 复 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 恢复 an HSK word?
Yes. 恢复 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 恢复 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 恢复 is written 恢復.
Can 恢复 be used for computers and phones?
Yes. 恢复出厂设置 (huīfù chūchǎng shèzhì) means restore factory settings, and 恢复数据 (huīfù shùjù) means recover data. It is a very common word in tech settings.
What is the difference between 恢复 and 康复?
康复 (kāngfù) is only about recovering health, often after illness or injury. 恢复 is broader and covers health, order, relations, services, and more.