# 回去
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huíqù
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$ heoi$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^2$ hi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^1$ geh$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-khìr / hôe-khì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we-chi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huíqù → huíqu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄩˋ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄑㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéicyů
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$-chʻü$^5$
*** Yale: hwéi-chyu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.chiuh
*** Palladius: хуэйцюй (xuejcjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ heoi$^3$
*** Yale: wùih heui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ hoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ hêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^2$ hi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ hi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^1$ geh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹ kəʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-khìr
*** Tâi-lô: huê-khìr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-khì
*** Tâi-lô: huê-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'qix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we-chi
*** MiniDict: we$^去$ chi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue-qi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

### Verb

回去
* to return; to go back; to go; to leave
    找不到回去的路 ― zhǎobudào huíqù de lù ― to be unable to find the way back
    你先回去吧。 ― Nǐ xiān huíqù ba. ― You go back first.
       Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]
       I think it's best I leave.
       Mǎshàng yào guònián le, huíqù yòu yào pīnjiǔ le. [Pinyin]
       Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I have to have drinking contests again when I go back.
* to go back (used after a verb to indicate direction away from speaker)
    走回去 ― zǒu huíqù ― to walk back
    帶回去／带回去 ― dài huíqù ― to take back
* (Taiwan, euphemistic) to die; to go home

#### Usage notes

In Chinese there is often no distinction made between "return" and "leave"; 回去 (huíqù) can be translated either way depending on the situation.

#### Synonyms

* (to return):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 回去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 回去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 回去 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 回去 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 返去 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 返去 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 轉去 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 轉去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 轉去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 轉去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 轉去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 轉去, 倒轉去 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 轉去 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 轉去 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 轉去, 轉來去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 翻去, 轉去, balik |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒去, 翻去, 斡去 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 轉去 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 轉去 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 轉去 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 回去, 轉去 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to return”): 回來／回来 (huílái)