回过

回過

huíguò

verb #9,558

Meanings

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

Characters

to return; to turn around

to pass; to cross; (complement indicating completion)

Examples

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.

他终于回过神来了。

Tā zhōngyú huíguò shén lái le.

He finally came to his senses.

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.

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