Meaning
also; in addition; more; still; else; still
Chinese: 仍然；读 huán 时表示归还。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hai” becomes a different word in each tone. 还 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 还是hái shistill (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 偿还cháng huánto repay; to reimburse
- 归还guī huánto return sth; to revert
- 还原huán yuánto restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)
More Words
Example Sentence
时间还早，再坐一会儿吧。Shí jiān hái zǎo, zài zuò yí huìr ba.It is still early; sit a while longer.
时间shí jiān(concept of) time还háistill早zǎoearly，再zàiagain坐zuòto sit一会儿yī huì ra moment吧bāto puff (on a pipe etc)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The walk radical 辶 (to go) plus 不 (sound element): to go back the way you came — ‘to return / give back’; also read hái, ‘still / yet’. Simplified from 還.
A way to remember it
Walking (辶) back — to return.
Easy to confuse with
- 不‘Not’: the part of 还 inside the walk radical, on its own.