Chinese Character 返 (faan1 faan2 | fan3) : to go back, return to

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返
faan1 faan2 fan3
[1] [v] go back; return; revert to; restore [2] [v] send back; give back; return [3] [adv] restore sth back to normal condition; resume doing sth Stroke count: 8 Level: 2 Radical: (#162)
返
This character was last edited on 7th Apr 2008
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返屋企 faan1 uk1 kei5*2 fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home粵返嚟 faan1 lei4 = to return 行返轉頭 haang4 faan1 zyun3 tau4 xing2 fan3 zhuan4 tou2 = to turn back粵打返轉頭 daa2 faan1 zyun3 tau4 da3 fan3 zhuan4 tou2 = to turn back粵返開嚟 faan1 hoi1 lai4 = to come back towards the speaker but away from the object粵返上嚟 faan1 soeng5 lai4 = to come back up here粵返入嚟 faan1 jap6 lai4 = into...here again粵返出嚟 faan1 ceot1 lai4 = to come back out here粵返埋嚟 faan1 maai4 lai4 = to come back towards the speaker and the object粵返落嚟 faan1 lok6 lai4 = to come back down here粵 See all 50 compounds
Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 返王先生後日就返啦。粵 edit Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow. 我下個星期就返香港啦。粵 edit I'm going back to Hong Kong next week. 我唔中意返學. 粵 edit I don't like to go to school. 我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵 edit We can go to the library or perhaps go home. 我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵 edit We either go the the library or go home. 我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵 edit I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home. 首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵 edit First go to the library, then afterwards go home. 你慳返啖氣啦! 粵 edit Save your breath! [Said by someone who doesn't want to listen to what the other person is saying.] 先生話聽日唔使返學. 粵 edit The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow. 佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？粵 edit He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick? Show all 16 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 返
Unicode code for this character: U+8fd4 (off-site link)

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