返程 (fǎn chéng) — return journey | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

return journey

Examples

返程。
Zhè shì nǐ de fǎn chéng jī piào.
This is your return ticket.
返程。
Wǒ men dìng le jīn wǎn de fǎn chéng huǒ chē.
We booked the return train for tonight.
返程。
fǎn chéng Tú zhōng yù dào le bào fēng xuě.
We encountered a blizzard on the return journey.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

程chéngjourney

返 gives the sense of returning, and 程 names the journey.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶反返

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòmovement

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn返fǎn

Same sound today

返 pairs 辶 (movement) with 反 (sound, with the sense of returning); the whole character originally meant coming back along the path one came from.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

呈chéng程chéng

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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