折回

zhéhuí

verb #25,956

Meanings

1 to turn back
2 to retrace one's steps
3 to reverse course

Characters

to fold, to turn, to reverse

to return, to go back

Examples

走了一半他发现忘了钥匙，只好折回去取。

Zǒu le yībàn tā fāxiàn wàng le yàoshi, zhǐhǎo zhéhuí qù qǔ.

Halfway there he realized he had forgotten his keys and had to turn back to get them.

因为下雨，他们折回了营地。

Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, tāmen zhéhuí le yíngdì.

Because of the rain, they turned back to the campsite.

Stroke Order

折 zhé

回 huí