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TOPIK 6verb

회귀하다

hoegwihada

회귀해요 · 회귀했어요 · 회귀할 거예요 · 회귀하세요

to return (to an origin), to revert

Example

연어는 알을 낳기 위해 태어난 강으로 회귀합니다.

Salmon return to the river where they were born to lay eggs.

Word parts

회 turn귀 return

Literally 'turn and go home' — like salmon heading upstream.