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回过

回過
huíguò
verb #9,558

Meanings

  1. 1 to turn back; to turn around
  2. 2 to come to (one's senses); to recover (used with 来 or 神)

Examples

HSK 2
她回过头来看了我一眼。
Tā huíguò tóu lái kàn le wǒ yī yǎn.
She turned her head back and glanced at me.
HSK 4
等我回过味儿来，他已经走了。
Děng wǒ huíguò wèir lái, tā yǐjīng zǒu le.
By the time I realized what happened, he was already gone.
HSK 5
他终于回过神来了。
Tā zhōngyú huíguò shén lái le.
He finally came to his senses.

Tips

grammar
回过 almost always appears in set phrases: 回过头 (turn one's head), 回过神来 (snap out of it/come to one's senses), 回过味儿来 (realize after the fact). It's a resultative complement structure: 回 (return) + 过 (completed action).

Stroke Order

回 huí
过 guò