返 (faan1 faan2 | fan3) : return; go back

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返

faan1 faan2

fan3

return; come/go back; restore

1. Jyutping faan1 is mostly used in colloquial context; faan2 is occasionally used in literary context
2. For the difference between 返 and 番, see this link [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

返

This word has been viewed 22278 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th May 2013 05:39

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返屋企 faan1 uk1 kei5*2 fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home 粵

返工 faan1 gung1 fan3 gong1 = go to work; redo a job

返嚟 faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 = to return 粵

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
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Showing all 41 examples containing 返

王先生後日就返啦。粵
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.

我下個星期就返香港啦。粵
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797]

我唔中意返學。粵
I don't like to go to school.

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企㗎。粵
I returned home only today.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]

你係幾時返嚟㗎? 粵
When are you coming back?
[the "when" is emphasized by 係 preceding it, and the use of the final particle 㗎. Pronouncing 㗎 as gaa2 would add a sense of reservation or doubt about the situation.]

佢返咗屋企嘞粵
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]

媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

咁早返好少有喎粵
It's rare to see you back so early!
[Lit. so early return seldom have [particle]]

你唔使返補習班咩？粵
Don't you need to go to cram school?
[Lit. you no need return cram-class [particle]. Std. Chinese: 你不是要上補習班嗎？]

閂返道雪櫃門! 粵
Close the fridge door!
[Faan1 is used idiomatically here - we don't back 'close back the door' in English.]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
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
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

你慳返啖氣啦! 粵
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
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]

哎吔，我唔記得咗買橙返嚟添！粵
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.

你而家返屋企囉呵? 粵
You are going home now, aren't you?

佢哋終於喺返埋一齊粵
In the end they got back together again.
[終於 here implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]

佢哋卒之喺返埋一齊粵
In the end they got back together again.
[卒之, as with 終於, implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]

佢哋最後喺返埋一齊粵
They recently got back together.
[最後 implies something that happened recently - in this context, probably days or at most a month.]

跌親就企返起身啦！粵
If you fall over, get back up again!
[Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話，你就企返起身啦！]

佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？粵
He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick?

慳返啲時間粵
to save (back) some time

挾住本書返學粵
He went to school with a book held under his arm.

我返到屋企起勢噉飲水。粵
I drank water unceasingly on returning home.

佢重未賠返我啲錢。粵
He still hasn't paid me back yet.

出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
[From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

就用激將法嚟令佢有返毅力同信心粵
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.

燒焊返個線圈就可以撻着架車粵
The car should be able to start once we weld the solenoid.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

我𠱓你幾耐你先肯著返條褲呀？粵
How long did I have to nag you before you agreed to put your pants back on?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,120693]

佢唔聽我講，重𠱂返我幾句。粵
He wouldn't listen to me. He even said something in retort.

等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。粵
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days.
[咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.]

機會一錯過﹐就永遠唔會返嚟。粵
Once an opportunity slips away, it is gone for good.
[For details on '一 + V + 就' pattern, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,130226,130243#msg-130243]

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

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