回去

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	to go; to leave; to remove
simp. and trad. (回去)		回	去

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huíqù → huíqu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄩˋ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄑㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.chiw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéicyů
  - IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯˧˥ t͡ɕʰy˥˩/ → /xweɪ̯˧˥ t͡ɕʰy˧/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ heoi³
  - Yale: wùih heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ hoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ hêu³
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːy̯˨˩ hɵy̯˧/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: huê-khìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue˨˦꜕꜕ kʰɯ˦˩/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-khì
  - Tâi-lô: huê-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'qix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue˩˧꜕꜕ kʰi˨˩/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue˨˦꜕꜕ kʰi˨˩/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhue qi (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɯe̞˨ t͡ɕʰi˦/

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.
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

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

Dialectal synonyms of 回去 (“to return; to go back”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回去
Mandarin	Beijing	回去
Mandarin	Taiwan	回去
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返去
	Hong Kong	返去
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	返去
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	返去
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	返去
	Kuala Lumpur	返去
	Ho Chi Minh City	返去
Hakka	Meixian	轉去
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉去, 倒轉去
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	歸去, 倒歸去, 倒轉去
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	轉去, 倒轉去
	Dongshi (Dabu)	轉去, 倒轉去
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	轉去, 倒轉去
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	轉去, 倒轉去
	Hong Kong	轉去
	Senai	轉去
Min Nan	Xiamen	轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
	Quanzhou	轉去, 轉來去, 倒去, 倒來去
	Zhangzhou	轉去, 轉來去
	Singapore	返去
	Shantou	轉去
	Johor Bahru	轉去
Wu	Shanghai	回去, 轉去

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