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返
faan1
Mandarin: hui2
Simplified: 回
verb Cantonese Cantonese
Definitions
  1. 1 to return; to go back (Cantonese) verb
Words containing 返
返出嚟
faan1 ceot1 lai4
to come back out [colloquial]
返尋味
faan1 cam4 mei6
(originally of food) to return in search of the taste or fragrance which was a g
往返
wong5 faan2
to go back and forth; to go to and fro
返誃
faan1 ce2
to return home
返大陸
faan1 daai6 luk6
to go(back) to Mainland China (for a Chinese person living abroad) [華]: 回內
返夜
faan1 je6
to work on the night shift
打返電話
daa2 faan1 din6 waa6*2
call back; ring back; reply to a call [華]: 回電話
返過嚟
faan1 gwo3 lai4
to come back over here [colloquial]
返落去
faan1 lok6 heoi3
to go back down there
收返
sau1 faan1
to take back | Std. Chin.: 收回
返轉頭
faan1 zyun3 tau4
to turn back
返頭嫁
faan1 tau4 gaa3
(of a woman) to remarry
返埋去
faan1 maai4 heoi3
to go back there towards the object
好返
hou2 faan2
recover from illness (spoken)
無功而返
mou4 gung1 ji4 faan2
return without success; wild goose chase; on a fool's errand
返畀
faan1 bei2
to give back
得返
dak1 faan1
have only sth left/remained; get back only
還返
waan4 faan1
to return; to repay | var. 還翻
食過返尋味
sik6 gwo3 faan2 cam4 mei6
back for more due to its good value or quality (spoken)
遣返
hin2 faan2
repatriate
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