粵

復fuk6辟pik1

simp复辟
fuk6 pik1fuk6 bik1fù bì

English

  1. to recover one's power or authority
  2. restoration (of a past regime)
  3. (of thrones) to restore ----
  4. to restore imperial monarchy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 失位嘅君主恢復王位
  2. 恢復帝制

Examples

  • 袁世凱復辟帝制只係維持咗83日,再過多幾個月仲病死埋。

    Yuan shih-k'ai restored and maintained the imperial monarchy only for 83 days. After a few more months he died of illness.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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