Chinese symbol for “repatriate”
遣返
qiǎn fǎn
to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repatriate is 遣返 (qiǎn fǎn), defined as: to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war); to send back.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “repatriate”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遣返.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission); to dispatch |
| 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | to while the time away; amusement |
| 遣送 | qiǎn sòng | to send away; to deport |
| 遣使 | qiǎn shǐ | to dispatch an envoy |
| 差遣 | chāi qiǎn | to send (on errand) |
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 重返 | chóng fǎn | to return to |
| 往返 | wǎng fǎn | to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repatriate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.