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Chinese[edit]
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to return (to)
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to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
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head; (noun suffix)
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trad. (返轉頭)
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返
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轉
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頭
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simp. (返转头)
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返
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转
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头
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Pronunciation[edit]
返轉頭
- (Cantonese) to return (on the same route)
我返轉頭先至接你。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我返转头先至接你。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 faan1 zyun3 tau4 sin1 zi3 zip3 nei5. [Jyutping]
- I'll pick you up when I come back.
- (Cantonese, intransitive, figuratively) to go back
試過就返唔到轉頭。 [Cantonese, trad.]
试过就返唔到转头。 [Cantonese, simp.]- si3 gwo3 zau6 faan1 m4 dou3 zyun3 tau4. [Jyutping]
- Once you tried it, you'll never go back.
- (Cantonese, intransitive, after another verb) back (to a previous place, on the same route)
- 行返轉頭/行返转头 [Cantonese] ― haang4 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― to walk back on the same route
- 望返轉頭/望返转头 [Cantonese] ― mong6 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― to look back
- (Cantonese, intransitive, after another verb) back (to a previous time)
- 諗返轉頭/谂返转头 [Cantonese] ― nam2 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― thinking back on it...
- 講返轉頭/讲返转头 [Cantonese] ― gong2 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― on the topic of...
- (Cantonese, transitive, after another verb) back (indicating an action that is reversed)
- 鬧返佢轉頭/闹返佢转头 [Cantonese] ― naau6 faan1 keoi5 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― to scold him back
摸返條女轉頭 [Cantonese, trad.]
摸返条女转头 [Cantonese, simp.]- mo2 faan1 tiu4 neoi5-2 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping]
- to touch one's girlfriend back
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