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返

fǎn

HSK 5 Character

What 返 means

1. to return (to)

Example sentences

• 一去不复返。
  Once gone, you will never get it back.
• 往返还是单程？
  Wǎngfǎn háishi dānchéng?
  Round trip or one-way?
• 往返票多少钱？
  What's the round-trip fare?
• 我买了往返的票。
  Wǒ mǎi le wǎngfǎn de piào.
  I bought a round-trip ticket.
• 往返吗？是单程。
  Wǎngfǎn ma? Shì dānchéng.
  Round trip? Only one-way.
• 你买了往返的票吗？
  Nǐ mǎi le wǎngfǎn de piào ma?
  Did you buy a round-trip ticket?

Words starting with 返

• 返回fǎn huíto return to; to come (or go) back
• 返还fǎn huánrestitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance
• 返校fǎn xiàoto return to school
• 返乡fǎn xiāngto return to one's home town
• 返程fǎn chéngreturn trip; to make a return trip; to return
• 返航fǎn hángto return to the point of departure
• 返家fǎn jiāto return home
• 返利fǎn lìdealer incentive; sales bonus; rebate
• 返国fǎn guóto return to one's country
• 返场fǎn chǎngto do an encore; (gaming) (of an item or character) to become available for purchase again
• 返工fǎn gōngto do poorly done work over again; (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
• 返港fǎn Gǎngto return to Hong Kong
• 返现fǎn xiàn(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer
• 返台fǎn Táito return to Taiwan
• 返贫fǎn pínto fall back into poverty
• 返点fǎn diǎnsales bonus; affiliate reward; rebate
• 返青fǎn qīng(of plants) to turn green again; to revegetate
• 返老还童fǎn lǎo huán tóngto recover one's youthful vigor; to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
• 返销粮fǎn xiāo liánggrain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
• 返聘fǎn pìnto rehire retired personnel
• 返祖fǎn zǔ(biology) to exhibit atavism; to revert to ancestral traits
• 返潮fǎn cháo(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp…
• 返祖现象fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng(biology) atavism
• 返券黄牛fǎn quàn huáng niú"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others…

Words containing 返

• 往返wǎng fǎnto go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
• 重返chóng fǎnto return to
• 遣返qiǎn fǎnto repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back
• 一去不复返yī qù bù fù fǎngone forever
• 流连忘返liú lián wàng fǎnto linger; to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
• 折返zhé fǎnto turn back
• 无功而返wú gōng ér fǎnto return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
• 回返huí fǎnto return; to go back; to come back
• 地返dì fǎnfloor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor
• 复返fù fǎnto come back; to return
• 送返sòng fǎnto send back
• 回光返照huí guāng fǎn zhàofinal radiance of setting sun; fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
• 积重难返jī zhòng nán fǎningrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
• 耳返ěr fǎnin-ear monitor (abbr. for 耳机返听系统
• 迷不知返mí bù zhī fǎnto go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
• 迷途知返mí tú zhī fǎnto get back on the right path; to mend one's ways
• 折返跑zhé fǎn pǎoshuttle run
• 归真返璞guī zhēn fǎn púsee 返璞归真

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 返

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 删shānto delete
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read fǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 反contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 払to take; to fetch
• 橎a kind of tree
• 魬sole or flounder