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回車

简回车 · 繁回車

Mandarin · pinyin huí chē

to turn a vehicle around
(computing) "carriage return" character
the "Enter" key
to hit the "Enter" key

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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2–1 · hui2 che1

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noun

(typewriting, computing) carriage return
(Mainland China, computing) short for 回車鍵／回车键 (huíchējiàn, “enter key”)

verb

(literary) to turn around a carriage

name

(～鎮) Huiche (a town in Xixia, Henan, China)

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