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返嚟
- (Cantonese) to come back
仔仔咁夜都未返嚟，我有啲擔心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
仔仔咁夜都未返嚟，我有啲担心。 [Cantonese, simp.]- zai2-4 zai2 gam3 je6 dou1 mei6 faan1 lai4 , ngo5 jau5 di1 daam1 sam1. [Jyutping]
- It's so late at night, and my son hasn't come back yet. I'm a bit worried.
- (Cantonese, after another verb) (to come or bring) back (towards the speaker, by means of the other verb)
隻牛行緊返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
只牛行紧返嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]- zek3 ngau4 haang4 gan2 faan1 lai4 . [Jyutping]
- The cow is walking back [towards the speaker].
我姨婆喺大陸拎咗啲零食返嚟送畀我哋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我姨婆喺大陆拎咗啲零食返嚟送畀我哋。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 ji4 po4 hai2 daai6 luk6 ling1 zo2 di1 ling4 sik6 faan1 lai4 sung3 bei2 ngo5 dei6. [Jyutping]
- My great-aunt brought some snacks back from Mainland China as a gift to us.
細佬帶咗佢個女朋友返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
细佬带咗佢个女朋友返嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]- sai3 lou2 daai3 zo2 keoi5 go3 neoi5 pang4 jau5 faan1 lai4 . [Jyutping]
- My younger brother brought his girlfriend back [home].
- (Cantonese, after another verb) to obtain; to gain (by means of the other verb)
琴日發現呢個教授個學位原來係呃返嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
琴日发现呢个教授个学位原来系呃返嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]- kam4 jat6 faat3 jin6 ni1 go3 gaau3 sau6 go3 hok6 wai6-2 jyun4 loi4 hai6 ngaak1 faan1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]
- Yesterday, they found out that this professor got his degree fraudulently.
我啲中文喺電視劇學返嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我啲中文喺电视剧学返嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 di1 zung1 man4-2 hai2 din6 si6 kek6 hok6 faan1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]
- I learned my Chinese from TV dramas.
你喺邊度聽返嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你喺边度听返嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]- nei5 hai2 bin1 dou6 teng1 faan1 lai4 gaa3? [Jyutping]
- Where did you hear that?
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回來 (“to come back; to return”)
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