挽回
Old HSK 6
挽回 (wǎnhuí) · to retrieve
挽回 (wǎnhuí) means “to retrieve; to recover; to win back”. It is written with 2 characters: 挽 (to pull) + 回 (to return). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 挽回 is built
The characters
挽 wǎn · to pull
What 挽 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 免miǎn — to spare
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
回 huí · to return
What 回 is made of
- 囗wéi — enclosure
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Originally, a spiral signifying return (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们要想办法挽回损失。Wǒmen yào xiǎng bànfǎ wǎnhuí sǔnshī.We must find a way to recover the losses.
他想挽回女朋友的心。Tā xiǎng wǎnhuí nǚpéngyǒu de xīn.He wants to win back his girlfriend's heart.
Questions about 挽回
What does 挽回 mean?
挽回 (wǎnhuí) means “to retrieve; to recover; to win back”.
How do you pronounce 挽回?
挽回 is pronounced wǎnhuí.
Which HSK level is 挽回?
挽回 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 挽救wǎnjiùto save
- 回答huídáto answer
- 回到huídàoto return to
- 回家huíjiāto go home
- 回来huílaito come back
- 回去huíquto go back
- 回国huíguóto return to one's country
- 回复huífùto reply
- 收回shōuhuíto take back
- 回忆huíyìto recall
Learn 挽回 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 186: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.