「返 / 番」

Entry #1
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 返 faan1
  • 番 faan1
  • 翻 faan1
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
  • placed after a verb to describe the resumption of an interrupted action
    (Cant.) 做zou6返faan1你nei5應jing1該goi1做zou6嘅ge3嘢je5。
    (Eng.) Go back to work on whatever you should be doing.
    (Cant.) 你nei5着zoek3返faan1件gin6衫saam1先sin1啦laa1。
    (Eng.) You should put on some/more clothes first.
    (Cant.) 咁gam3好hou2嘅ge3女neoi5朋pang4友jau5,你nei5呢ni1世sai3都dou1揾wan2唔m4返faan1㗎gaa3喇laa3。
    (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.) 我ngo5身san1體tai2好hou2返faan1好hou2多do1喇laa3。
    (Eng.) My health is getting a lot better now.
    (Cant.) 啲di1人jan4走zau2晒saai3之zi1後hau6,呢ni1度dou6終zung1於jyu1靜zing6返faan1。
    (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.) 食sik6返faan1餐caan1好hou2嘅ge3!
    (Eng.) Let's eat something good!
    (Cant.) 介gaai3紹siu6返faan1隻zek3產caan2品ban2俾bei2你nei5。
    (Eng.) Let me introduce this product to you.

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「返 / 番」

Entry #2
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 返 faan1
  • 番 faan1
  • 翻 faan1
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to return; to go back
    (Cant.) 你nei5幾gei2時si4先sin1返faan1香hoeng1港gong2?
    (Eng.) When will you return to Hong Kong?

  • to go to one's school or office
    (Cant.) 夠gau3鐘zung1返faan1學hok6嘞laak3。
    (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.) 返faan1鄉hoeng1下haa2
    (Eng.) to return to one's ancestral home
    (Cant.) 返faan1娘noeng4家gaa1
    (Eng.) (of a married woman) to go to her parents' place

See also: 退還 退 歸 歸來 回歸 返扯 返轉頭 回去 重返 還
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「返」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: faan2
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
See 返 faan1. This pronunciation (faan2) is used in words from Written Chinese. Usually it is read as faan1 when used as a separate word.
(Cant.) 遣hin2返faan2
(Eng.) refoulement
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