还 hái, huán — still; yet; nevertheless; as before; all the same; anyway; after all
还
Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #704
Traditional:
還
hái hai2
Basic definition
- adverb still; yet; nevertheless; as before; all the same; anyway; after all e.g 还是还有还在
- adverb even more; still more; better; moreover; besides; also; as well e.g 还好还要
- adverb also; again; furthermore; in addition; as well; besides; moreover e.g 还要还来
- adverb passable; tolerable; not bad; fairly good; so-so; acceptable; all right e.g 还行还可以
- adverb even; still; (in concessive clauses) even; much more so e.g 还小还早
Detailed explanation
- adverb ——表示某些语气，有时兼有连接前后分句的作用。“还”表示的语气大体上可以分成平、扬、抑三类
- adverb 表示平的语气，不含轻重抑扬的意思
- adverb still;yet e.g 还在原位 · 我的脚还痛
- adverb 跟“虽然、尽管”等连用，表示行为状况不因别的条件改变而改变。如:虽然已经宣布散会，人们还在继续争论(表示行为重复，有“重新、再”的意思。如:京剧团明天还演一场)
- adverb 表示扬的语气，把事情往大里、高里、重里说
- adverb even more e.g 二勇比他哥哥大勇还壮
- adverb as well e.g 除了他们三个以外，小组里还有我
- adverb also e.g 小伙子不仅会开拖拉机，还会修理电器
- adverb 表示抑的语气，把事情往小里、低里、轻里说
- adverb fairly e.g 这根绳子还较结实 · 还算不错，电话最后打通了
- adverb still e.g 人还太少，编不成队
- adverb only e.g 还不过五点钟，他就已经起床了
- adverb yet e.g 我还没说话，他就说“知道了
- adverb even e.g 小车还通不过，更别提大车了
- adverb 表示感情为主，意思有的可以用前面三项来解释，但那是次要的
- adverb notwithstanding e.g 下这么大雨，没想到你还真准时到了
- adverb unworth of e.g 亏你还是大哥哥呢，也不让着点妹妹
- adverb why e.g 都十二点了，你还说早
huán huan2
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从辵( chuó，表示与行走有关)，瞏( huán)声。本义:返回)
- come back;go back;return e.g 还首 · 还云 · 还函 · 还转 · 还复
- turn around;turn round e.g 还顾 · 还睇 · 还视
- surround e.g 还绕 · 还会 · 还旋
- recover;restore e.g 还惺 · 还质 · 还睦 · 还童 · 还级
- come;arrive e.g 春还 · 时还
- give back;return e.g 还璧 · 还珠 · 还归
- give sth. in return;repay e.g 还付 · 还偿 · 还款 · 还直
- repay;fight back e.g 还报 还兵 · 还骂
- draw back;fall back e.g 还走 · 还流
- pause;stop e.g 雨还 · 流弊不还
- guarantee e.g 还你名实兼收 · 还有雨下
- 通“营”
- administer;manage;plan;scheme e.g 还秩 · 还私
- in disorder e.g 还主
adverb
- still;yet;again
- on the contrary;instead;but
- fast;swift
Related words
- 还是 still; nevertheless; had better; or; unexpectedly; all the same; anyway
- 还有 also; in addition; furthermore; as well; there is still; besides; moreover
- 退耕还林 to return farmland to forest; the Grain for Green program
- 偿还 to repay; to reimburse; to pay back; to settle; to defray; to refund
- 退还 to return; to refund
- 归还 to return; to give back; to restore; to revert; to hand back; to restitute
- 还原 to restore to the original state/reduction (chem., i.e. removing oxygen)
- 返还 to return; to give back; to refund
- 讨价还价 to bargain; to haggle
- 还贷 to repay a loan
- 还债 to repay a debt
- 交还 to return sth/to hand back
- 还击 to fight back; to return fire
- 生还 to return alive/to survive
- 还乡 to return to one's hometown
- 还报 to repay; to requite; to return a favor
- 还本 to repay the principal; to return the capital
- 打铁还需自身硬 to forge iron, one must oneself be strong; to correct others, one must first be
- 送还 to return
- 还手 to hit back; to return a blow