復返

Chinese

		again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate	to return (to)
trad. (復返)		復	返
simp. (复返)		复	返

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ faan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-fan³
    • Yale: fù-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhfaan
    • Palladius: фуфань (fufanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ faan²
    • Yale: fuhk fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² faːn³⁵/

Verb

復返

1. (often used in the negative) to return; to come back

   • 你聰明的，告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清, 《匆匆》

     Nǐ cōngmíng de, gàosu wǒ, wǒmen de rìzi wèishénme yī qù bù fùfǎn ne? [Pinyin]

     You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?