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Character Decomposition
返=辶+反
Etymology
To walk 辶 backwards 反; 反 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
to return (to)
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Words with 返 80 total
to return · to go back · to come back回返huí fǎnto repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) · to send back遣返qiǎn fǎnto go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip往返wǎng fǎnfloor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor地返dì fǎnto come back · to return复返fù fǎnto turn back折返zhé fǎnin-ear monitor (abbr. for ěr jī fǎn tīng xì tǒng) (contrasted with 地返 dì fǎn)耳返ěr fǎndealer incentive · sales bonus · rebate返利fǎn lìto return to · to come (or go) back返回fǎn huíto return to one's country返国fǎn guóto do an encore · (gaming) (of an item or character) to become available for purchase again返场fǎn chǎngto return home返家fǎn jiāto resume one's former position (after being laid off) · to return to work (after taking leave)返岗fǎn gǎngto do poorly done work over again · (Guangdong dialect) to go to work返工fǎn gōngto return to school返校fǎn xiàoto return to Hong Kong返港fǎn Gǎng(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)返潮fǎn cháo(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer返现fǎn xiàn(biology) to exhibit atavism; to revert to ancestral traits返祖fǎn zǔreturn trip · to make a return trip; to return返程fǎn chéngto rehire retired personnel返聘fǎn pìnto return to Taiwan返台fǎn Táito return to the point of departure返航fǎn hángto fall back into poverty返贫fǎn pín
Idioms with 返 52 total Chain
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