歸來

歸來

See also: 归来

Chinese

		to go back; to return	to come
trad. (歸來)		歸	來
simp. (归来)		归	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi-lòi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guīlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueilai
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ loi⁴
    • Yale: gwāi lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ lɔːy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui´ loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui¹ loi²
    • IPA: /ku̯i²⁴ loi̯¹¹/

Verb

歸來

1. to return; to come back

Synonyms

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, 返回, 歸來
Mandarin	Beijing	回來
	Taiwan	回來
	Tianjin	回來
	Chengdu	轉來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返嚟
	Hong Kong	返嚟
	Taishan	返來
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉來
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	歸來
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	轉來
	Dongshi (Dabu)	轉來
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	轉來, 轉
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	轉來
Min Dong	Fuzhou	轉來
Min Nan	Xiamen	轉來, 倒來
	Quanzhou	轉來, 倒來
	Zhangzhou	轉來
	Taipei	轉來
	Chaozhou	轉來
	Shantou	轉來
Wu	Wenzhou	走來

Antonyms

• 出發／出发 (chūfā)