还

See also 還

Translingual [edit]

Stroke order

Stroke order

Simplified from 還 (睘 → 不)

还 (radical 162 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一火 (YMF))

还 (traditional 還, Yale waan4)

还 (traditional 還, pinyin hái (hai2), huán (huan2), Wade-Giles huan²)

1) [hái]

still, yet; indicates that the phenomenon or observation still exists or the action is still ongoing

你怎么还没来？

Why are you still not here?

十点了，他还在工作。

It's ten o'clock already and he is still working.

几年不见，她还是那么漂亮。

She is still very beautiful after these years.
even more; indicates an increase from a certain level or a supplement

今年比去年还冷。

This year is even colder than last year.

考试完还要上课。

(I) still have classes after the exams.
(before adjectives, mostly positive) passably, (surprisingly) quite

屋子不大，收拾得倒还干净。

It's quite clean for such a small room.

孩子不大，还挺懂事的。

The small kid is surprisingly quite sensible.

你做的蛋糕还可以。

The cake that you made tastes all right.
(often in rhetorical questions) indicates condition and contrast; even

你还搬不动，何况我呢？

Even you can't move it, let alone me.
indicates unexpectedness; really

他还真有办法。

Surprisingly he has a way to do this.
indicates past events; emphasising earliness

还在几年以前，我们就研究过这个方案。

The proposal has been studied by us a couple of years ago (and now you made the suggestion to study it).

2) [huán]

to return to a place, to go back to a place

还家 (to return home), 还乡 (to return to one's hometown), 还原 (to return to the original state, [chem] to reduce), 还俗 (to resume secular life)
to return an object, to give back

偿还 (to reimburse), 还书 (the return the books (to the library))

把我的手机还给我。

Give my mobile back to me.

欠钱不还

to owe money (without the intention of paying back)
to do or give something in return

还嘴 (to retort), 还手 (to hit back), 还礼 (to present a gift in return), 还击 (to fight back), 还价 (to make a counter-offer buying price)

以眼还眼，以牙还牙

(literally) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; tit for tat
a surname