# 回來
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huílái
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$ loi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^1$ lai$^1$ / hui$^1$ lai$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-lâi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we-le
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huílái → huílai (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéilåi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$-lai$^5$
*** Yale: hwéi-lai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.lai
*** Palladius: хуэйлай (xuejlaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Yale: wùih lòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ loi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^1$ lai$^1$ / hui$^1$ lai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei¹¹ lai¹¹/, /xuei¹¹ lai⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: huê-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoelaai
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we-le
*** MiniDict: we$^去$ le
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue-le
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² le⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hwoj loj
Rime :
| Character | 回 | 來 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 戸恢切 | 洛哀切 |
| Baxter | hwoj | loj |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuʌi/ | /lʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuoi/ | /ləi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɒi/ | /lɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwəj/ | /ləj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuᴀi/ | /lᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɒi/ | /lɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣuɑ̆i/ | /lɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huí | lái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wui$^4$ | loi$^4$ |

### Verb

回來
* to return; to come back; to be back
    馬上回來！／马上回来！ ― Mǎshàng huílái! ― Come back right away!
       Tā yī huílái jiù zhuāzhù tā. [Pinyin]
       Grab him as soon as he comes back.
* (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
       Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn. [Pinyin]
       These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 還來／还来 (huánlái)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 歸來 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 回來, 歸來 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 回來 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 回來 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 回來 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 回來 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 回來 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 回來 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 回來 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 回來 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 轉來 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 轉來 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 回來 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 返嚟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 返嚟 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 返來 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 返嚟 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 返嚟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Changting | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 歸來 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 歸來 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 歸來 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歸來 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 轉來, 轉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 轉來 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 轉來 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 回來 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 轉來, 倒來 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 轉來, 倒來 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 倒來 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 斡來, 倒來, 翻來 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 轉來 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 轉來 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 轉來 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 回來, 轉來, 回轉來 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 轉來 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 轉來 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 走來 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 轉來 |

#### Antonyms

* 回去 (huíqù)