Chinese word

找回

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhǎo huí

Meaning

  • verbget back

Example

我终于把丢的手机找回了。wǒ zhōng yú bǎ diū de shǒu jī zhǎo huí le

I finally got my lost phone back.

Illustration for 找回 (get back)

More examples

他努力练习演讲，慢慢找回了自信。tā nǔ lì liàn xí yán jiǎng màn màn zhǎo huí le zì xìn

He worked hard to practice speaking and slowly regained his confidence.

Core concept

A search closes the gap between loss and restoration, bringing a lost thing or vanished state back to where it belongs.

Common phrases

  • 找回手机zhǎo huí shǒu jī

    get a phone back

  • 找回密码zhǎo huí mì mǎ

    recover a password

  • 找回信心zhǎo huí xìn xīn

    regain confidence

Similar words

拿回ná huí: Retrieve a lost object and bring it back to oneself.
找到zhǎo dào: Locate a person or thing that one is looking for.

Definition in Chinese

通过找寻或努力使原本属于自己的东西或失去的状态回到原处或恢复原状。tōng guò zhǎo xún huò nǔ lì shǐ yuán běn shǔ yú zì jǐ de dōng xī huò shī qù de zhuàng tài huí dào yuán chù huò huī fù yuán zhuàng

Word origin

找 (zhǎo, "look for") and 回 (huí, "return") combine searching with movement back, which gives the word its sense of recovering something.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, the 把 (bǎ, "object-marking word") pattern places the recovered item before the verb, while 了 (le, "completed-action marker") presents the recovery as complete.

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