取回 (qǔ huí) — to retrieve, to get back, to fetch back

Definition

verb
to retrieveto get backto fetch back

Examples

  • 取回。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ shū jià shàng nà běn shū qǔ huí.
    Please help me retrieve that book from the shelf.
  • 取回。
    Tā qù yín háng qǔ huí le zhī qián cún de xiàn jīn.
    He went to the bank to get back the cash he had deposited.
  • 取回。
    Wǒ wàng le cóng gōng sī diàn nǎo shàng qǔ huí zhòng yào wén jiàn.
    I forgot to retrieve important files from the company computer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

取qǔtake
回huíback

“取” gives take and “回” gives back, so the whole means get back.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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