返嚟 (faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 | ) : to return

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返嚟

faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4

to return [Var.] 翻嚟 [華]: 回來

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 7,020

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

返嚟

This word was added by tuan on 4th Dec 2004 11:09 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

返 faan1 faan2 - to go back, return to
嚟 lei4 lai4 - to come; to order food or drink

Showing all 5 examples containing 返嚟

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.]

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

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).]

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.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

翻嚟 faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 = to come back; to return 粵

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