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返嚟
  faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4   jyutping
to return [Var.] 翻嚟 []: 回來


Level: 2   Google Frequency: 7,020

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

This word has been viewed 6844 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:

 faan1 faan2  -  return; go back
 lai4 lei4  -  come

Showing all 7 examples containing 返嚟
detail 幾時返嚟?
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.]
detail audio 哎吔唔記得返嚟
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
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 …
detail 真係令人懷念一個世紀之後返嚟
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).]
detail 等到返嚟嗰陣已經三日
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.]
detail 機會錯過永遠唔會返嚟
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]
detail audio 雖然老公出便嫖賭飲吹至少賺錢返嚟養家冇眼屎乾淨盲
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:


detail  faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4   = to come back; to return


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