來復

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láifù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láifù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láifù
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-fu⁴
    • Yale: lái-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laifuh
    • Palladius: лайфу (lajfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ fu⁵¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (來復)		來	復
simp. (来复)		来	复
anagram		復來／复来

Noun

來復

1. rifling

Derived terms

• 來復槍／来复枪 (láifùqiāng)
• 來復線／来复线 (láifùxiàn)

 

Etymology 2

		to come	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
trad. (來復)		來	復
simp. (来复)		来	复
anagram		復來／复来

Verb

來復

1. to go and come back
2. to reinstate

Noun

來復

1. (dated) week
   • 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 156:

     此市紅印度人最多。政府設法保護之，免俾絕種，每來復頒食一次焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此市红印度人最多。政府设法保护之，免俾绝种，每来复颁食一次焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Cǐ shì hóngyìndùrén zuìduō. Zhèngfǔ shèfǎ bǎohù zhī, miǎn bǐ juézhǒng, měi láifù bān shí yī cì yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adverb

來復

1. repeatedly