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回復

简回复 · 繁回復

Mandarin · pinyin huí fù

to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
variant of 回覆 huí fù

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
復: Look up this written character
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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2–4 · hui2 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 fuk6

Cantonese word readings for 回復. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to return or restore to a former state; to reinstate; to resume; to reinstitute
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 回覆 (huífù, “to reply; to respond; to answer to”)

noun

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 回覆 (huífù, “response; reply; answer”)

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