返 (faan1) — return; come/go back; restore in Cantonese
faanˉ¹返Mandarin Pinyin: fan3
Meaning of 返
nounreturn; come/go back; restore
Example Sentences with 返
王先生後日就返啦。
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.
ngoˏ₅我haaˍ₆下go˗₃個singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期zauˍ₆就faanˉ¹返hoengˉ¹香gongˊ²港laa˗₃啦。
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？
He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick?
我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.
我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。
We either go the the library or go home.
Words Containing 返
返過去faan1 gwo3 heoi3
to go back over there
整返zing2 faan1
to fix
返落去faan1 lok6 heoi3
to go back down there
返老還童faan2 lou5 waan4 tung4
be rejuvenated; have one's youthful vigor revived
返夜faan1 je2
work a late shift
返入去faan1 jap6 heoi3
to go back into...
返尋味faan1 cam4 mei6
(originally of food) to return in search of the taste or fragrance which was a good experience previously
返埋去faan1 maai4 heoi3
to go back there towards the object
八十歲返頭嫁baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3
to bring trouble oneself. 八十歲返頭嫁 - 攞路行 get remarried at the age of eighty
往返wong5 faan2
to go back and forth; to go to and fro
返開嚟faan1 hoi1 lai4
to come back towards the speaker but away from the object
得返dak1 faan1
have only sth left/remained; get back only
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