回水

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Chinese

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to return water; money
simp. and trad.
(回水)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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回水

  1. (of water) to return

Noun

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回水

  1. backwater; return water

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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回⫽水 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, informal) to refund

References

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  • 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing