回歸

简 回归 · 繁 回歸
Mandarin · pinyin huí guī

Meanings

  1. to return to
  2. to retreat
  3. regression (statistics)
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回
huí · return, turn around; a time
歸
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归
guī · return; return to, revert to
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2–1 · hui2 gui1

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wui4 gwai1

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wui4 gwai1

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verb

  1. to return (to the original place, organisation, etc.); to retreat
  2. (mathematics) to regress

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