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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to return home
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迴* | 迴* | *迴
to curve / to return / to revolve
HSK 1
to return / to go back
HSK 1
to reply; to answer / reply; answer
HSK 1
to return to
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逥* | 逥* | *逥
variant of 迴|回
HSK 1
to return to one's home country
HSK 2
to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke
HSK 4
to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc) / variant of 回覆|回复
HSK 4
to recycle / to reclaim / to retrieve / to recover / to recall (a defective product)
HSK 5
to return to / to come (or go) back
HSK 5
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
to recall / memories / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
to look back / to review
HSK 5
to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:
HSK 5
variant of 迴避|回避
HSK 5
(in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate
HSK 5
to respond / response
HSK 6
to recall / to recollect / to think back
HSK 7-9
to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
HSK 7-9
to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)
HSK 7-9
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
memoir
HSK 7-9
to retrieve / to redeem
HSK 7-9
to reject / to turn down / to overrule
HSK 7-9
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)
HSK 7-9
to return (an item) / to send back / to go back
HSK 7-9
to call to mind and ponder over / aftertaste
HSK 7-9
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
Longhui county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
to retrieve
(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)
to reverse a desperate situation
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
to go around; to roam; to tour
to revolve; to rotate / to turn around; to turn back / to go back; to return / (skiing) slalom
to reply (by letter, email etc) / reply; answer
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
palindrome
Huimin District of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia
to stick up for a wrongdoer
Islam
to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation
(old) to report to one's master
return of spring
to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL: 個|个
echo / reply / turn (ornament in music)
winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
to echo / to reverberate / to respond / echo / response / reaction
(of a wife) to return to her parental home / (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc
to reply to an invitation / (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic
to report back to one's superior
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
to recall / to revoke / to retract
Guangcheng Hui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市, Henan
to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
to recall / to look back upon
to redeem
to reply
to cook again / to rewarm food
Mengcun Hui Autonomous County in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
to recover (sth lost or stolen) / to get back
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
to have a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
last time; the previous time
to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
return trip
to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
paper clip
to resound / to reverberate / to echo
to rebuff / to refuse / to turn down
(pay a) return visit
to circle; to wheel; to go around
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
Tropic of Cancer
to change one's mind (idiom)
to send back / to return
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
two quite different things / two unrelated matters
to pull back / to regain (one's dignity etc) / to recover from (an adverse situation) / to turn the tables
next chapter / next time
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
retrospective (exhibition)
repeat customer
to glance back / to look back / retrospective
(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
(Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics)
gone forever
to melt down / to remelt (metals) / fig. to acquire new education / to bake again
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!

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