还

Still in Chinese: 还 (hái)

hái

still

HSK 2Traditional: 還2 example sentences

Definitions

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

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还

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄞˊ

hái

ㄏ/ hㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

还

Simplified

還

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 有借有还。

    yǒu jiè yǒu hái。

    You should return what you borrow.

  • 还要多少？

    hái yào duō shǎo？

    How much more?

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Related words

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

还有

hái yǒu

furthermore

偿还

cháng huán

to repay

返还

fǎn huán

restitution

归还

guī huán

to return sth

还款

huán kuǎn

repayment

还原

huán yuán

to restore to the original state

讨价还价

tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle over price

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