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返
fǎn
1. to return (to)
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

返
fǎn
to restore, to return, to revert to
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

回返
huífǎn
to return
往返
wǎngfǎn
to go back and forth
HSK 5
复返
fùfǎn
to come back
折返
zhéfǎn
to turn back
返利
fǎnlì
dealer incentive
返回
fǎnhuí
to return to
返国
fǎnguó
to return to one's country
返家
fǎnjiā
to return home
返岗
fǎngǎng
to resume one's former position
返港
fǎnGǎng
to return to Hong Kong
返程
fǎnchéng
return journey (e.g. home)
返台
fǎnTái
to return to Taiwan
返航
fǎnháng
to return to the point of departure
返还
fǎnhuán
restitution
返乡
fǎnxiāng
to return to one's home town
返青
fǎnqīng
(of plants) to turn green again
返点
fǎndiǎn
sales bonus
送返
sòngfǎn
to send back
遣返
qiǎnfǎn
to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)
重返
chóngfǎn
to return to

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,429
Word Frequency Rank
7,828 of 84,292

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