Communication 2
Please reply!
You’ve seen how to use 回 to say sentences like 今天晚上我不回家 . 回 can also mean to return a call or to reply to an email.
他会马上回你的电话。
(Tā huì mǎshàng huí nǐ de diànhuà.) He will immediately return your call.
我还没有回你的电子邮件。
(Wǒ hái méiyǒu huí nǐ de diànzǐ yóujiàn.) I still have not replied to your email.
你为什么不回我的短信？
(Nǐ wèishéme bù huí wǒ de duǎnxìn?) Why didn’t you reply to my text message?
Which tone is that?
Here’s another example of a character that changes tone based on the word it’s in.
发
发短信
(fā duǎnxìn) send (a message)