English

1. return, revert to, restore
2. to return (to)
3. placed after a verb to describe the resumption of an interrupted action
4. 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.
5. to return; to go back
6. placed after a verb or adjective to show that something is getting better or reverting to its original state
7. to go to one's school or office
8. placed after a verb to show that an action is for the speaker's own good or for the sake of someone else
9. to go to a place related to one's ancestry, upbringing, or a place to which one has a sense of belonging

粵語

1. 放喺動詞後面，表示一個動作中斷咗，之後再繼續進行
2. 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。
3. 回來；離開一個地方之後再回到原來嘅地方
4. 放喺動詞或者形容詞後面，表示好轉、回復嘅意思
5. 前往一啲你必須要經常去嘅地方，例如學校同公司
6. 放喺動作後面，表示該動作係為自己好，或者為人哋好而做
7. 前往同祖籍、出身有關，或者有歸屬感嘅地方

Words containing 返

• 返工faan1 gung1

  to do poorly done work over again

• 重返cung4 faan2

  to return to

• 往返wong5 faan2

  to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip

• 遣返hin2 faan2

  to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)

• 折返zit3 faan2

  to turn back

• 好返hou2 faan1

  recover from illness (spoken)

• 返來faan1 lai4

  to come back; to return

• 返去faan1 heoi3

  going back (spoken)

• 返生faan1 saang1

  to revive

• 返學faan1 hok6

  (verb) to go to school

• 返港faan2 gong2

  to return to Hong Kong

• 返歸faan1 gwai1

  going home (spoken)

• 返夜faan1 je2

  to work on the night shift

• 返嚟faan1 lai4

  come back here (spoken)

• 諗返nam2 faan1

  to recall; to think back [colloquial]

• 返發faan1 faat3

  (of illness or addiction) to relapse; to worsen again after getting better

• 返轉頭faan1 zyun3 tau4

  to turn back

• 返臺faan2 toi4

  to return to Taiwan

• 慳返haan1 faan1

  to save one's effort

• 返扯faan1 ce2

  to go back home; to go back

• 剩返zing6 faan1

  to remain; to be left over

• 返抵faan2 dai2

  to come back to a place

• 返回faan2 wui4

  to return to

• 返頭嫁faan1 tau4 gaa3

  (of a woman) to remarry