恢 (huī): to restore, to recover, great
恢 (huī) is a Chinese character meaning “to restore.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 灰 (phonetic). It ranks #1356 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恢 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- to restore
- to recover
- great
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 恢
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恢复期 | huī fù qī | convalescence |
| 恢宏adjective | huī hóng | vast |
| 天网恢恢phrase | tiān wǎng huī huī | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) |
| 恢复常态 | huī fù cháng tài | to return to normal |
| 恢复原状 | huī fù yuán zhuàng | to restore sth to its original state |
| 天网恢恢，疏而不失 | tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī | see 天網恢恢，疏而不漏|天网恢恢，疏而不漏 |
| 恢恢有余 | huī huī yǒu yú | lit. to have an abundance of space |
| 恢复名誉 | huī fù míng yù | to rehabilitate |
| 气度恢宏 | qì dù huī hóng | broad-minded |
| 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 | tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) |
| 法网恢恢，疏而不漏 | fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu | large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice |
| 恢恢adjective | huī huī | (literary) vast |
| 恢弘 | huī hóng | variant of 恢宏 |
恢 appears in 14 compound words: 64 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 恢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
经过一段时间的休养，他的身体已经恢复了健康。
Jīngguò yī duàn shíjiān de xiūyǎng, tā de shēntǐ yǐjīng huīfù le jiànkāng.
After a period of rest, his health has been restored.
...期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?戒酒后胎儿还能恢复正常吗
. . . qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? jiè jiǔ hòu tāi ér hái néng huī fù zhèng cháng ma
... Does drinking alcohol affect the baby? Can the fetus return to normal after quitting drinking?
...針性慾歸零「快出家了」 醫揭關鍵:吃對就恢復
. . . 針 xìng 慾 歸 líng kuài chū jiā le 醫 jiē 關 鍵 chī 對 jiù huī 復
... Needle libido returns to zero "I'm about to become a monk" The doctor reveals the key: eat the right and recover
濃霧散去!台中機場07:22恢復起降 影響4架次航班
濃 霧 sàn qù ! tái zhōng 機 場 huī 復 qǐ jiàng yǐng 響 jià cì háng bān
Fog lifts! Taichung Airport resumes operations at 07:22, affecting 4 flights.
春節加成最後一天 新北計程車明天0時起恢復一般費率
chūn 節 jiā chéng zuì 後 yī tiān xīn běi 計 chéng 車 míng tiān 時 qǐ huī 復 yī bān 費 lǜ
Last Day of Spring Festival Surcharge: New Taipei City Taxis to Resume Standard Rates Starting Tomorrow at Midnight
要很长的时间才能恢复吗？
Yào hěn cháng de shíjiān cáinéng huīfù ma?
Will it take long to recover?
你知道怎么恢复已删除的文件吗？
Nǐ zhīdào zěnme huīfù yǐ shānchú de wénjiàn ma?
Do you know how to recover a deleted file?
暴风雨后，大海恢复了平静。
Bàofēngyǔ hòu, dàhǎi huīfù le píngjìng.
After the storm, the sea was quiet again.
他在意外发生的三个小时后恢复意识。
Tā zàiyì wài fāshēng de sān gè xiǎoshí hòu huīfù yìshí.
He regained consciousness three hours after the accident.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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