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 / fau⁶ faan²

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 / fau⁶ faan²
  - Yale: fuhk fáan / fauh fáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ faan² / fau⁶ faan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ fan² / feo⁶ fan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² faːn³⁵/, /fɐu̯²² faːn³⁵/

Verb

復返

(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?