fǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to return (to)

Words Containing 返

往返
wǎng fǎn

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

返回
fǎn huí

to return to

返还
fǎn huán

restitution

重返
chóng fǎn

to return to

一去不复返
yī qù bù fù fǎn

gone forever

回光返照
huí guāng fǎn zhào

final radiance of setting sun

回返
huí fǎn

to return

复返
fù fǎn

to come back

折返
zhé fǎn

to turn back

归真返璞
guī zhēn fǎn pú

see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fǎn pú guī zhēn]

流连忘返
liú lián wàng fǎn

to linger

无功而返
wú gōng ér fǎn

to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs

返利
fǎn lì

dealer incentive

返券黄牛
fǎn quàn huáng niú

\shopping coupon scalper\, sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit

返国
fǎn guó

to return to one's country

返家
fǎn jiā

to return home

返岗
fǎn gǎng

to resume one's former position (after being laid off)

返工
fǎn gōng

to do poorly done work over again

返校
fǎn xiào

to return to school

返港
fǎn gǎng

to return to Hong Kong

返潮
fǎn cháo

(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)

返现
fǎn xiàn

(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer

返璞归真
fǎn pú guī zhēn

to return to one's true self

返祖现象
fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng

atavism (biology)

返程
fǎn chéng

return journey (e.g. home)

返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng

to recover one's youthful vigor

返聘
fǎn pìn

to rehire retired personnel

返台
fǎn tái

to return to Taiwan

返航
fǎn háng

to return to the point of departure

返还占有
fǎn huán zhàn yǒu

repossession

返乡
fǎn xiāng

to return to one's home town

返青
fǎn qīng

(of plants) to turn green again

返点
fǎn diǎn

sales bonus

迷不知返
mí bù zhī fǎn

to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)

迷途知返
mí tú zhī fǎn

to get back on the right path

送返
sòng fǎn

to send back

遣返
qiǎn fǎn

to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)