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还

hái

HSK 2 Character Traditional 還

What 还 means

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

Other readings

还 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huánto pay back; to return
• Huánsurname Huan

Example sentences

• 还回去
  Hái huíqu
  Give it back.
• 还没有。
  Not yet.
• 还早呢。
  It's still early.
• 我还好。
  I'm still good.
• 你还好吧？
  Nǐ háihǎo ba?
  Are you alright?
• 她还是独身
  Tā háishi dúshēn
  She's still single.

Words starting with 还

• 还是hái shistill (as before); had better; unexpectedly
• 还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
• 还原huán yuánto restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)
• 还给huán gěito return sth to sb
• 还清huán qīngto pay back in full; to redeem a debt
• 还手huán shǒuto hit back; to retaliate
• 还款huán kuǎnrepayment; to pay back money
• 还债huán zhàito settle a debt
• 还击huán jīto hit back; to return fire
• 还价huán jiàto make a counteroffer when haggling; to bargain
• 还贷huán dàito repay a loan
• 还乡huán xiāng(literary) to return to one's native place
• 还礼huán lǐto return a politeness; to present a gift in return
• 还愿huán yuànto redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive
• 还报huán bàoto return a favor; to reciprocate; (literary) to report back
• 还好hái hǎonot bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
• 还本huán běnto repay capital
• 还不如hái bù rúto be better off ...; might as well ...
• 还书huán shūreturn books
• 还口huán kǒuto retort; to answer back
• 还原号huán yuán hào(music notation) natural sign, ♮
• 还原真相huán yuán zhēn xiàngto set the record straight; to clarify the facts
• 还席huán xíto offer a return banquet
• 还给老师huán gěi lǎo shīto forget (everything one has learned)

Words containing 还

• 讨价还价tǎo jià huán jiàto haggle over price; to bargain
• 归还guī huánto return sth; to revert
• 偿还cháng huánto repay; to reimburse
• 退还tuì huánto return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
• 返还fǎn huánrestitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance
• 生还shēng huánto return alive; to survive
• 交还jiāo huánto return sth; to hand back
• 送还sòng huánto return; to give back; to send back
• 这还了得zhè hái liǎo déHow dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful!
• 那还用说nà hái yòng shuōthat goes without saying
• 生还者shēng huán zhěsurvivor
• 回还huí huánto return
• 放还fàng huánto release (a hostage); to put back in place
• 讨还tǎo huánto ask for sth back; to recover
• 往还wǎng huánto contact; to have dealings (with sb)
• 以牙还牙yǐ yá huán yáa tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
• 比登天还难bǐ dēng tiān hái nánlit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom); fig. extremely difficult…
• 以眼还眼yǐ yǎn huán yǎnan eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him…
• 好戏还在后头hǎo xì hái zài hòu touthe best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come…
• 返老还童fǎn lǎo huán tóngto recover one's youthful vigor; to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
• 追还zhuī huánto recover (lost property or money); to win back
• 告老还乡gào lǎo huán xiāng(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
• 奉还fèng huánto return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
• 借尸还魂jiè shī huán húnlit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns…

Characters that look like 还

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 迁qiānto move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc)
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read hái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 孩(bound form) child
• 骸bones of the body