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回首 (huí shǒu): Look back / turn back (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

回首 consists of 2 characters.

first (occasion, thing etc.)

Word Info

Pinyinhuí shǒu

MeaningLook back / turn back

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word回首

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3.

How to Use 回首 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 回首 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith一望

huí回

shǒu首

yí一

wàng望

neutral

look back once

Adverb + Verbwith蓦然

mò蓦

rán然

huí回

shǒu首

Idiomwith不堪

bù不

kān堪

huí回

shǒu首

Verb + Objectwith往事

huí回

shǒu首

wǎng往

shì事

4.

Example Sentences with 回首

tā他

huí回

shǒu首

kàn看

mā妈

mā妈

。

formal

Written

suddenly look back

formal

too painful to look back on

formal

look back on the past

He looked back at his mother.

tā他

huí回

shǒu首

shí时

，

fā发

xiàn现

gù故

xiāng乡

de的

dēng灯

huǒ火

yǐ已

xiāo消

shī失

zài在

yè夜

sè色

zhōng中

。

When he looked back, he found the lights of his hometown had vanished into the night.

huí回

shǒu首

guò过

wǎng往

de的

chéng成

jiù就

，

wǒ我

men们

yīng应

dāng当

duì对

wèi未

lái来

bǎo保

chí持

qiān谦

xùn逊

yǔ与

qī期

dài待

。

Looking back on past achievements, we should maintain humility and anticipation for the future.

huí回

shǒu首

guò过

qù去

，

wǒ我

xué学

dào到

le了

hěn很

duō多

。

Looking back on the past, I learned a lot.

nǐ你

wèi为

hé何

zǒng总

shì是

huí回

shǒu首

，

ér而

bù不

zhuān专

zhù注

yú于

qián前

fāng方

de的

dào道

lù路

ne呢

？

Why do you always look back instead of focusing on the road ahead?

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

huí回

shǒu首

，

jué决

yì意

yào要

chè彻

dǐ底

gào告

bié别

nà那

duàn段

tòng痛

kǔ苦

de的

huí回

yì忆

。

He never looked back, determined to completely leave behind those painful memories.

huí回

shǒu首

wǎng往

shì事

，

nà那

xiē些

měi美

hǎo好

de的

shí时

guāng光

yī依

rán然

qīng清

xī晰

。

Looking back on the past, those beautiful moments are still clear.

huí回

shǒu首

wǎng往

xī昔

de的

fèn奋

dòu斗

lì历

chéng程

，

tā他

gǎn感

kǎi慨

wàn万

qiān千

，

què却

yòu又

chōng充

mǎn满

lì力

liàng量

。

Looking back on the struggles of the past, he felt a myriad of emotions, yet was filled with strength.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 回首.

Words with 回

回去huí quHSK 2
回来huí laiHSK 2
回答huí dáHSK 3
回信huí xìnHSK 4
回复huí fùHSK 4
回忆huí yìHSK 4
返回fǎn huíHSK 5
回头huí tóuHSK 6

Words with 首

首先shǒu xiānHSK 4
首都shǒu dūHSK 4
首次shǒu cìHSK 5
元首yuán shǒuHSK 6
首要shǒu yàoHSK 6
首饰shǒu shìHSK 6
俯首fǔ shǒuHSK 7-9
自首

zìshǒu

HSK 7-9