「返 / 番」

Entry #1
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • faan1
  • faan1
  • faan1
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
  • placed after a verb to describe the resumption of an interrupted action
    (Cant.) zou6faan1nei5jing1goi1zou6ge3je5
    (Eng.) Go back to work on whatever you should be doing.
    (Cant.) nei5zoek3faan1gin6saam1sin1laa1
    (Eng.) You should put on some/more clothes first.
    (Cant.) gam3hou2ge3neoi5pang4jau5nei5ni1sai3dou1wan2m4faan1gaa3laa3
    (Eng.) She is such a good girlfriend, you could never find anyone like her again.

  • placed after a verb or adjective to show that something is getting better or reverting to its original state
    (Cant.) ngo5san1tai2hou2faan1hou2do1laa3
    (Eng.) My health is getting a lot better now.
    (Cant.) di1jan4zau2saai3zi1hau6ni1dou6zung1jyu1zing6faan1
    (Eng.) After everyone had left, this place became quiet again.

  • placed after a verb to show that an action is for the speaker's own good or for the sake of someone else
    (Cant.) sik6faan1caan1hou2ge3
    (Eng.) Let's eat something good!
    (Cant.) gaai3siu6faan1zek3caan2ban2bei2nei5
    (Eng.) Let me introduce this product to you.

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「返 / 番」

Entry #2
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • faan1
  • faan1
  • faan1
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to return; to go back
    (Cant.) nei5gei2si4sin1faan1hoeng1gong2
    (Eng.) When will you return to Hong Kong?

  • to go to one's school or office
    (Cant.) gau3zung1faan1hok6laak3
    (Eng.) It's time to go to school.

  • to go to a place related to one's ancestry, upbringing, or a place to which one has a sense of belonging
    (Cant.) faan1hoeng1haa2
    (Eng.) to return to one's ancestral home
    (Cant.) faan1noeng4gaa1
    (Eng.) (of a married woman) to go to her parents' place

See also: 退還 退 交還 歸來 回去 重返
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「返」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: faan2
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
See faan1. This pronunciation (faan2) is used in words from Written Chinese. Usually it is read as faan1 when used as a separate word.
(Cant.) hin2faan2
(Eng.) refoulement
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