Usage of the character 返

to return (to)

fǎngǎng

返岗

[返崗]

to resume one's former position (after being laid off)
to return to work (after taking leave)

fǎnhuí

[返回]

to return to
to come (or go) back

fǎnpìn

返聘

[返聘]

to rehire retired personnel

fǎn Tái

返台

[返臺]

to return to Taiwan

chóngfǎn

重返

[重返]

to return to

fǎnchéng

返程

[返程]

return journey (e.g. home)

fǎnqīng

返青

[返青]

(of plants) to turn green again
to revegetate

qiǎnfǎn

遣返

[遣返]

to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)
to send back

fǎnjiā

返家

[返家]

to return home

huífǎn

回返

[回返]

to return
to go back
to come back

fǎnxiàn

返现

[返現]

(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer

fùfǎn

复返

[復返]

to come back
to return

fǎngōng

返工

[返工]

to do poorly done work over again
(Guangdong dialect) to go to work

fǎnhuán

返还

[返還]

restitution
return of something to its original owner
remittance

fǎnxiào

返校

[返校]

to return to school

fǎnháng

返航

[返航]

to return to the point of departure

fǎndiǎn

返点

[返點]

sales bonus
affiliate reward
rebate
commission

sòngfǎn

送返

[送返]

to send back

wǎngfǎn

往返

[往返]

to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip

fǎncháo

返潮

[返潮]

(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)

fǎn Gǎng

返港

[返港]

to return to Hong Kong

fǎnlì

返利

[返利]

dealer incentive
sales bonus
rebate

fǎnxiāng

返乡

[返鄉]

to return to one's home town

zhéfǎn

折返

[折返]

to turn back

fǎnguó

返国

[返國]

to return to one's country

fǎnxiāoliáng

返销粮

[返銷糧]

grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage

fǎnzǔxiànxiàng

返祖现象

[返祖現象]

atavism (biology)

míbùzhīfǎn

迷不知返

[迷不知返]

to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)

fǎnquànhuángniú

返券黄牛

[返券黃牛]

"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit

fǎnpúguīzhēn

返璞归真

[返璞歸真]

to return to one's true self
to regain the natural state

fǎnhuánzhànyǒu

返还占有

[返還占有]

repossession

mítúzhīfǎn

迷途知返

[迷途知返]

to get back on the right path
to mend one's ways

fǎnlǎohuántóng

返老还童

[返老還童]

to recover one's youthful vigor
to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

huíguāngfǎnzhào

回光返照

[回光返照]

final radiance of setting sun
fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)

liúliánwàngfǎn

流连忘返

[流連忘返]

to linger
to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home

wúgōng'érfǎn

无功而返

[無功而返]

to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs

guīzhēnfǎnpú

归真返璞

[歸真返璞]

see 返璞歸真／返璞归真 (fǎnpúguīzhēn)

jīzhòngnánfǎn

积重难返

[積重難返]

ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

yīqùbùfùfǎn

一去不复返

[一去不復返]

gone forever