歸還

See also: 归还 and 帰還

Chinese

		to go back; to return	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (歸還)		歸	還
simp. (归还)		归	还

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guīhuán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄏㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ waan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-hoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guīhuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄏㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gueihuán
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹-huan²
  - Yale: gwēi-hwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueihwan
  - Palladius: гуйхуань (gujxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ waan⁴
  - Yale: gwāi wàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ waan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ wan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-hoân
  - Tâi-lô: kui-huân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kui'hoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³/

Verb

歸還

to give back to someone; to return to owner
(literary) to return
- 鳥南飛，鳥南返，鳥兒比翼何日再歸還。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  鸟南飞，鸟南返，鸟儿比翼何日再归还。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1962, 《鳳閣恩仇未了情》
  niu⁵ naam⁴ fei¹, niu⁵ naam⁴ faan², niu⁵ ji⁴ bei² jik⁶ ho⁴ jat⁶ zoi³ gwai¹ waan⁴. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

退 (tuì)
退出 (tuìchū)
退還 / 退还 (tuìhuán)

Related terms

償還／偿还 (chánghuán)