返
to return (to)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,586 U+8FD4
How 返 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To walk 辶 backwards 反; 反 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
go back · Heisig RSH #658
反 against + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 返
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一去不复返 | yī qù bù fù fǎn | gone forever |
| 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 |
| 回光返照 | huí guāng fǎn zhào | final radiance of setting sun; fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) |
| 积重难返 | jī zhòng nán fǎn | ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard |
| 迷不知返 | mí bù zhī fǎn | to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom) |
| 返国 | fǎn guó | to return to one's country |
| 地返 | dì fǎn | floor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor |
| 流连忘返 | liú lián wàng fǎn | to linger; to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home |
| 返家 | fǎn jiā | to return home |
| 返利 | fǎn lì | dealer incentive; sales bonus; rebate |
| 返券黄牛 | fǎn quàn huáng niú | "shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others fo… |
| 返工 | fǎn gōng | to do poorly done work over again; (Guangdong dialect) to go to work |
| 返点 | fǎn diǎn | sales bonus; affiliate reward; rebate; commission |
| 重返 | chóng fǎn | to return to |
| 返台 | fǎn Tái | to return to Taiwan |
| 返场 | fǎn chǎng | to do an encore; (gaming) (of an item or character) to become available for purchase again |
| 回返 | huí fǎn | to return; to go back; to come back |
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 返祖现象 | fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng | (biology) atavism |
| 返青 | fǎn qīng | (of plants) to turn green again; to revegetate |