光復

See also: 光复

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
trad. (光復)		光	復
simp. (光复)		光	复

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngfù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ fuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-fu̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-ho̍k
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kuaon-voq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangfù
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-fu⁴
  - Yale: gwāng-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangfuh
  - Palladius: гуанфу (guanfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ fuk⁶
  - Yale: gwōng fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kong-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konghok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kuaon-voq
  - MiniDict: kuaon^平 voh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuaan-voq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃⁵⁵ voʔ²¹/

Verb

光復

to recover; to recapture; to restore
光復舊物／光复旧物 ― guāngfù jiùwù ― to recover former territory

光復國土／光复国土 ― guāngfù guótǔ ― to recapture national land
- 光復香港 [Cantonese, trad.]
  光复香港 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2019, 2019 Hong Kong protests
  gwong¹ fuk⁶ hoeng¹ gong² [Jyutping]
  liberate (lit. reclaim) Hong Kong

Synonyms

克復 / 克复 (kèfù)
恢復 / 恢复 (huīfù)
收復 / 收复 (shōufù)
規復 / 规复 (guīfù) (literary)

Derived terms

光復會 / 光复会
光復節 / 光复节 (Guāngfùjié)
光復舊京 / 光复旧京
光復舊物 / 光复旧物 (guāngfùjiùwù)
光復香港、時代革命 / 光复香港、时代革命 (guāngfù Xiānggǎng, shídài gémìng)
臺灣光復節 / 台湾光复节 (Táiwān Guāngfùjié)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (光復):

→ Japanese: 光復(こうふく) (kōfuku)
→ Korean: 광복(光復) (gwangbok)
→ Vietnamese: quang phục (光復)

Proper noun

光復

(～鄉) Guangfu (a rural township in Hualien County, Taiwan)

Further reading

“光復”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.