Chinese Word: 还 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

还 (Trad.: 還)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 2

Antonyms: 去该借欠赊讨

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 辵

Ideographic:Not 不 moving 辶

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 辶 [ chuò ] to walk; walking
- 不 [ bù ] no, not, un-; negative prefix

Similar Characters: 辽

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Pinyin: hái

English Definition:still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else

Chinese Definition:
①依然，仍然：这本书还没有看完。
②更加：今天比昨天还冷。
③再，又：锻炼身体，还要注意休息。
④尚，勉强过得去：身体还好。
⑤尚且：他还搬不动，何况我呢？

Example Words:

还是HSK 3	hái shi	or; still; nevertheless; had better
还有HSK 3	hái yǒu	furthermore; in addition; still; also
还好HSK 3	hái hǎo	not bad; tolerable; fortunately
解铃还须系铃人	jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén	lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
解铃还需系铃人	jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén	variant of 解铃还须系铃人

Pinyin: huán

English Definition:to pay back; to return

Chinese Definition:
①回到原处或恢复原状：还乡。还俗。衣锦还乡。返老还童。
②回报别人对自己的行动。还手。还击。以眼还眼。以牙还牙。
③偿付：归还。偿还。还本。原物奉还。
④古同“环”，环绕。
⑤姓氏。

Example Words:

退耕还林	tuì gēng huán lín	restoring agricultural land to forest
偿还HSK 6	cháng huán	to repay; to reimburse
退还HSK 5	tuì huán	to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
归还HSK 6	guī huán	to return sth; to revert
还原HSK 6	huán yuán	to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)

1		nǐ 你 hái 还 hǎo 好 ma 吗？ How are you doing?
2		tā 他 hái yǒu 还有 yī zhī bǐ 一支笔。 He still has a pen.
3		tā 他 hái 还 méi yǒu 没有 huí jiā 回家。 He hasn't come back home yet.
4		tā 他 hái yǒu 还有 yī píng 一瓶 shuǐ 水。 He still has a bottle of water.
5		tā 她 hái yǒu 还有 liǎng gè 两个 péng you 朋友。 She still has two friends.

1		nǐ 你 hái 还 hǎo 好 ma 吗？ How are you doing?
2		tā 他 hái yǒu 还有 yī zhī bǐ 一支笔。 He still has a pen.
3		tā 他 hái 还 méi yǒu 没有 huí jiā 回家。 He hasn't come back home yet.
4		tā 他 hái yǒu 还有 yī píng 一瓶 shuǐ 水。 He still has a bottle of water.
5		tā 她 hái yǒu 还有 liǎng gè 两个 péng you 朋友。 She still has two friends.