Chinese word dictionary

挽回

wǎnhuí · to retrieve; to redeem

Practice word

Word information

Simplified挽回

Traditional挽回

Pinyinwǎnhuí

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

挽wǎn

to pull, to lead; to pull back, to draw a bow

回huí

to return, to turn around; a time

How to learn 挽回

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

回huí

to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book); to curve; to return; to revolve; variant of 迴|回[hui2]

回来huílái

to return; to come back

回去huíqù

to return; to go back

回答huídá

to reply; to answer; reply; answer

回复huífù

to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui2 fu4]

回信huíxìn

to reply; to write back; letter written in reply; CL:封[feng1]