What 回家 means
- Go home (return home)
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回家 in a sentence
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What does 回家 mean in English?
回家 is pronounced huíjiā and means Go home (return home).
How do you pronounce 回家?
回家 is huíjiā in pinyin — written huijia without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 回家?
回家 is written with 2 characters: 回 (huí) Return (answer - circle - turn around - mw for occurrences), 家 (jiā) Family (home - domestic). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
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