Chinese symbol for “regression”
回归
huí guī
Traditional: 回歸
to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for regression is 回归 (huí guī), defined as: to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “regression”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 回归.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回来 (回來) | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回到 | huí dào | to return to |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 回应 (回應) | huí yìng | to respond; response |
| 回去 | huí qu | to return; to go back |
| 归属 (歸屬) | guī shǔ | to belong to; to be affiliated to |
| 归来 (歸來) | guī lái | to return; to come back |
See also: Japanese symbol for “regression”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.