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返 fǎn

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǎn | fan3
English translation
to return (to)
to restore, to return, to revert to

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About 返 fǎn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

返 fǎn

Contains the radical

辶 chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To walk 辶 chuò backwards 反 fǎn ; 反 fǎn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 返 fǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿺辶反

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Example sentences using 返 fǎn

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鸽子 gēzi 从 Cóng 百 Bǎi 英里 Yīng lǐ 之外 zhī wài 返回 fǎn huí 窝巢 wō cháo .

The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

成功 Chénggōng 无望 wú wàng , 秘书 mìshū 搀扶 chān fú 着 zhāo 老 lǎo 经理 jīnglǐ 悲伤 bēi shāng 地 de 返回 fǎn huí 来 lái .

There's no hope to succeed; the secretary is helping the old manager back sadly.

尽管 jǐnguǎn 能见度 néng jiàn dù 极 jí 差 chā ,飞机 fēijī 由 yóu 雷达 léidá 导航 dǎoháng 返航 fǎn háng 了 le .

The pilot homed in by means of radar, despite the poor visibility.

“哇 wā , 我 wǒ 要 yāo 返回 fǎn huí 大学 Dà xué . ”

Wow, I'm going back to college.

这 zhè 人 rén 又 yòu 在 zài 那辆大众 Dà zhòng 牌 pái 汽车 qì chē 和 hé 房子 fáng zi 之间 zhī jiān 往返 wǎngfǎn 了 le 两 liǎng 趟 tāng .

The man made two more journeys between the VW and the house.

Words with 返 fǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
返回 fǎn huí to return to返回 fǎn huí
返 fǎn to return (to)返 fǎn
重返 chóng fǎn to return to重返 chóng fǎn
往返 wǎngfǎn round trip往返 wǎngfǎn
返还 fǎn huán restitution返還
遣返 qiǎn fǎn to send back遣返 qiǎn fǎn
返航 fǎn háng to return to the point of departure返航 fǎn háng
一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn gone forever一去不復返
返乡 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town返鄉
返程 fǎn chéng return journey (e.g. home)返程 fǎn chéng
折返 zhé fǎn to turn back折返 zhé fǎn
流连忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger流連忘返
返家 fǎn jiā to return home返家 fǎn jiā
复返 fù fǎn to come back復返
迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn to mend one's ways迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn
返璞归真 fǎn pú guī zhēn to return to one's true self返璞歸真
返青 fǎn qīng to revegetate返青 fǎn qīng
回返 huí fǎn to return回返 huí fǎn
返老还童 fǎn lǎo huán tóng to recover one's youthful vigor返老還童
积重难返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard積重難返
回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào final radiance of setting sun回光返照 huí guāng fǎn zhào

返 fǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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返 fǎn Decomposition

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