Definition & Meaning

1.make a round trip; go to a place and come back

2.a round/return trip

3.come back and forth; come and go repeatedly; go to and fro

Word usage

lái huí

来 回

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1
v.make a round trip; go to a place and come back
- cóng jī guān dào sù shè lái huí yǒu liǎng lǐ dì
  从机关到宿舍来回有两里地。
  It's two li from the workshop to our quarters and back.
- cóng tā jiā dào xué xiào lái huí yào zǒu bàn xiǎo shí
  从她家到学校来回要走半小时。
  It takes half an hour to go on foot from her home to my school and back.
- cóng jiā lǐ dào gōng sī tā jīn tiān lái huí sān tàng
  从家里到公司，他今天来回三趟。
  He made three round trips from his house to the office today.
synonym
wǎng fǎn往返
antonym
dān chéng单程
2
n.a round/return trip
- tā zǒu le yī gè lái huí
  她走了一个来回。
  She walked there and back again.
- tā zài yóu yǒng chí lǐ yóu le wǔ gè lái huí
  她在游泳池里游了五个来回。
  She swam back and forth five times up and down the swimming pool.
- lái huí yǒu sì shí gōng lǐ
  来回有四十公里。
  It's 40 kilometres there and back.
synonym
wǎng fǎn往返
3
v.come back and forth; come and go repeatedly; go to and fro
- tā zài wū zi li lái huí zǒu dòng
  他在屋子里来回走动。
  He walked around the house.
synonym
fǎn fù反复

Word usage

Reduplication
"来回" can be reduplicated, for example: "来来回回".
- 我们在公园里来来回回地走了2小时。
  We walked back and forth in the park for two hours.
common measure word
"来回" is often matched with measure word "个".
- 一个来回
  one back and forth

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