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› 返
返
faan1
Mandarin: hui2
Simplified: 回
verb
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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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