回国 (huí guó) — to return to one's home country | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A separable verb meaning 'to return to one's own country' (回国 → 回了国 / 回过国). It always implies YOUR home country — for other countries use 回去.

verb

to return to one's home country

Examples

回国。
Wǒ dǎ suàn míng nián huí guó gōng zuò.
I plan to return to my home country to work next year.
，。
Tā qù nián huí le guó, xiàn zài yòu chū guó le.
He returned home last year, but now he's gone abroad again.
？
Nǐ zhè jǐ nián huí guò guó ma?
Have you returned to your home country in these past few years?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

国guócountry

回 return and 国 country together express going back to one's country.

Characters in this word

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

囗或國

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéiclosure

Sound part声符shēngfú

或

或huò國guó

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

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