返:faan1,番:faan1,翻:faan1
(pos:詞綴)
<explanation>
yue:放喺動詞後面,表示一個動作中斷咗,之後再繼續進行
eng:placed after a verb to describe the resumption of an interrupted action
<eg>
yue:做返你應該做嘅嘢。 (zou6 faan1 nei5 jing1 goi1 zou6 ge3 je5.)
eng:Go back to work on whatever you should be doing.
<eg>
yue:你着返件衫先啦。 (nei5 zoek3 faan1 gin6 saam1 sin1 laa1.)
eng:You should put on some/more clothes first.
<eg>
yue:咁好嘅女朋友,你呢世都揾唔返㗎喇。 (gam3 hou2 ge3 neoi5 pang4 jau5, nei5 ni1 sai3 dou1 wan2 m4 faan1 gaa3 laa3.)
eng:She is such a good girlfriend, you could never find anyone like her again.
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<explanation>
yue:放喺動詞或者形容詞後面,表示好轉、回復嘅意思
eng:placed after a verb or adjective to show that something is getting better or reverting to its original state
<eg>
yue:我身體好返好多喇。 (ngo5 san1 tai2 hou2 faan1 hou2 do1 laa3.)
eng:My health is getting a lot better now.
<eg>
yue:啲人走晒之後,呢度終於靜返。 (di1 jan4 zau2 saai3 zi1 hau6, ni1 dou6 zung1 jyu1 zing6 faan1.)
eng:After everyone had left, this place became quiet again.
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<explanation>
yue:放喺動作後面,表示該動作係為自己好,或者為人哋好而做
eng:placed after a verb to show that an action is for the speaker's own good or for the sake of someone else
<eg>
yue:食返餐好嘅! (sik6 faan1 caan1 hou2 ge3!)
eng:Let's eat something good!
<eg>
yue:介紹返隻產品俾你。 (gaai3 siu6 faan1 zek3 caan2 ban2 bei2 nei5.)
eng:Let me introduce this product to you.
返:faan1,番:faan1,翻:faan1
(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:回來;離開一個地方之後再回到原來嘅地方
eng:to return; to go back
<eg>
yue:你幾時先返香港? (nei5 gei2 si4 sin1 faan1 hoeng1 gong2)
eng:When will you return to Hong Kong?
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<explanation>
yue:前往一啲你必須要經常去嘅地方,例如學校同公司
eng:to go to one's school or office
<eg>
yue:夠鐘返學嘞。 (gau3 zung1 faan1 hok6 laak3)
eng:It's time to go to school.
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<explanation>
yue:前往同祖籍、出身有關,或者有歸屬感嘅地方
eng:to go to a place related to one's ancestry, upbringing, or a place to which one has a sense of belonging
<eg>
yue:返鄉下 (faan1 hoeng1 haa2)
eng:to return to one's ancestral home
<eg>
yue:返娘家 (faan1 noeng4 gaa1)
eng:(of a married woman) to go to her parents' place
返:faan2
(pos:語素)
<explanation>
yue:同 #返 faan1。由書面語引入嘅詞會用 faan2 呢個讀音,單獨用嘅時候通常讀 faan1。
eng: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.
<eg>
yue:遣返 (hin2 faan2)
eng:refoulement