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返嚟
faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4
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Level: 2 Google Frequency: 7,020 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 8288 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tuan on 4th Dec 2004 11:09 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:返 faan1 faan2 - return; go back嚟 lai4 lei4 - come |
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Showing all 7 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.]
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).]
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.] | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
翻嚟
faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 = to come back; to return 粵Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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