回來

See also: 回来

Chinese edit

	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 come
trad. (回來)	回	來
simp. (回来)	回	来
anagram	來回／来回

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huílái → huílai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéilåi
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-lai⁵
  - Yale: hwéi-lai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.lai
  - Palladius: хуэйлай (xuejlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: wùih lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hui¹ lai¹ / hui¹ lai³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹ lai¹¹/, /xuei¹¹ lai⁴⁵/

Note: hui1 lai3 - used at end of verbs.

回來

to return; to come back; to be back
馬上回來！／马上回来！ ― Mǎshàng huílái! ― Come back right away!

他一回來就抓住他。 [MSC, trad.]
他一回来就抓住他。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yī huílái jiù zhuāzhù tā. [Pinyin]
Grab him as soon as he comes back.
(to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
這是我特意從法國給你們帶回來的一些資料，你們好好看看。 [MSC, trad.]
这是我特意从法国给你们带回来的一些资料，你们好好看看。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn. [Pinyin]
These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.

Dialectal synonyms of 回來 (“to come back; to return”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		歸來
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回來, 歸來
Mandarin	Beijing	回來
	Taiwan	回來
	Tianjin	回來
	Luoyang	回來
	Wanrong	回來
	Xi'an	回來
	Chengdu	轉來
	Guiyang	轉來
	Guilin	回來
	Xuzhou	回來
	Singapore	回來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返嚟
	Hong Kong	返嚟
	Taishan	返來
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返嚟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返嚟
Hakka	Meixian	轉來
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	轉來
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	轉來
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	轉來
	Wuhua (Changbu)	轉來
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	轉來
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	轉來
	Wengyuan	轉來
	Liannan	轉來
	Jiexi	轉來
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	轉來
	Changting	轉來
	Wuping (Yanqian)	歸來
	Ninghua	轉來
	Yudu	轉來
	Ningdu	歸來
	Tonggu (Sandu)	轉來
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	歸來
	Dayu	轉來
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉來
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸來
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉來
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉來
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉來, 轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉來
	Hong Kong	轉來
	Mengshan (Xihe)	轉
	Luchuan	轉來
	Senai (Huiyang)	轉來
Jin	Taiyuan	回來
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉來
Southern Min	Xiamen	轉來, 倒來
	Quanzhou	轉來, 倒來
	Dehua	倒來
	Zhangzhou	轉來
	Tainan	轉來
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉來
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡來, 倒來, 翻來
	Chaozhou	轉來
	Shantou	轉來
	Jieyang	轉來
	Bangkok (Teochew)	轉來
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	轉來
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉來
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	轉來
Wu	Shanghai	回來, 轉來, 回轉來
	Shanghai (Chongming)	轉來
	Hangzhou	轉來
	Wenzhou	走來
Xiang	Changsha	轉來