归去

歸去
guīqù
verb #37,370

Meanings

  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back (literary)

Examples

Tiānsè yǐ wǎn, gāi guīqù le.
It's getting dark; time to head home.
Tā guīqù zhīhòu zài yě méiyǒu liánxì.
After he returned home, he was never in touch again.

Tips

history
归去 carries strong literary weight, anchored by Tao Yuanming's (陶渊明) Eastern Jin masterpiece 《归去》(Guīqù láixī cí, The Return) — a poet quitting officialdom for pastoral life. Su Shi later picked up the same word in 但愿长久... 归去. In modern speech 回去 (huíqù) is the everyday equivalent.

Stroke Order

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