还 (還) hái
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hái
adverb
also; in addition; more
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 又 or 再 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 6; Giles 1892 '還'; XHZD '还' hái 3) -
huán
verb
to go back; to turn around; to return
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 回 (Giles 1892 '還'; Kroll 2015 '還' 1; Guoyu '還' huán v 1; XHZD '还' huán 1) -
huán
verb
to pay back; to give back
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 交回; for example, 还书 'to return a book' (Giles 1892 '還'; Guoyu '還' huán v 3; Kroll 2015 '還' 2a; XHZD '还' huán 3) -
hái
adverb
yet; still
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 仍旧 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 1; Kroll 2015 '還' hái 1; XHZD '还' hái 1) -
hái
adverb
still more; even more
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 更 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 5; XHZD '还' hái 2) -
hái
adverb
fairly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (XHZD '还' hái 4) -
huán
verb
to do in return
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 回报 (Guoyu '還' huán v 4; Kroll 2015 '還' 2; XHZD '还' huán 2) -
huán
proper noun
Huan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '還' huán; XHZD '还' huán 4) -
huán
verb
to revert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 恢复; for example, 还俗 'to return to secular life' (Guoyu '還' huán v 2; Kroll 2015 '還' 1a) -
huán
verb
to turn one's head; to look back
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '還' 3) -
huán
verb
to encircle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 環 (Guoyu '還' huán v 7; Kroll 2015 '還' 4) -
xuán
verb
to rotate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 旋 (Guoyu '還' xuán; Kroll 2015 '還' xuán) -
huán
verb
since
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 以来 (Guoyu '還' huán v 6) -
hái
adverb
however
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 反而 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 3) -
hái
adverb
already
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 已经 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 4) -
hái
adverb
already
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 居然 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 7) -
hái
conjunction
or
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 居然 (Guoyu '還' hái conjunction)
Contained in
- 还账(還賬) to settle and account
- 买椟还珠(買櫝還珠) to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment
- 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
- 八字还没一撇儿(八字還沒一撇兒) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
- 以眼还眼,以牙还牙(以眼還眼,以牙還牙) an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; to use the enemy's methods against him
- 掷还(擲還) please return (an item sent in the mail)
- 还贷(還貸) to repay a loan
- 还是(還是) still; nevertheless ; had better ; or ; or
- 讨还(討還) to ask for something back; to recover
- 回还(回還) to return
- 返还占有(返還占有) repossession
- 折还(折還) to negotiate with creditors
- 还不如(還不如) to be better off; might as well
- 还报(還報) to report back ; to answer; to reply ; to retaliate ; to suffer retribution
- 还击(還擊) to hit back; to return fire
- 找还(找還) to pay back
- 还礼(還禮) to return a politeness ; to present a gift in return
- 比登天还难(比登天還難) even harder than reaching the sky; extremely difficult; far from an easy task
- 还有(還有) furthermore; in addition; still; also
- 还款(還款) to pay back money
- 讨价还价(討價還價) to haggle back and forth; bargain and counter-offer ; to negotiate over and over
- 还本(還本) to repay capital
- 遣还(遣還) to send back
- 退还(退還) to return
- 璧还(璧還) return (a borrowed object) with thanks; decline (a gift) with thanks
- 奉还(奉還) to return [the jade annulus to Zhao]
- 出来混迟早要还的(出來混遲早要還的) if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
- 还债(還債) to repay a debt
- 送还(送還) to return; to give back; to send back; to repatriate
- 以眼还眼(以眼還眼) an eye for an eye; to use the enemy's methods against him; to give somebody a taste of his own medicine
- 放还(放還) to release (a hostage); to put back in place
- 还军(還軍) withdrew his troops
- 有借有还,再借不难(有借有還,再借不難) return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time
- 衣锦还乡(衣錦還鄉) to come back to one's home
- 还原(還原) to restore ; chemical reduction ; reduction of a mathematical formula
- 还价(還價) to counter-offer; to bargain
- 清还(清還) to clear completely
- 还席(還席) to offer a return banquet
- 还手(還手) to hit back; to retaliate
- 往还(往還) there and back ; contacts; dealings
- 交还(交還) to give back; to return something
- 还嘴(還嘴) to retort; to answer back
- 还清(還清) to pay back in full; to redeem a debt
- 还帐(還帳) to repay a debt
- 不还(不還) to not go back ; to not give back
- 姜还是老的辣(薑還是老的辣) ginger gets spicier as it gets older; the older, the wiser
- 还乡(還鄉) to return home; to retire from public life
- 缴还(繳還) to pay back; to give back
Also contained in
以其人之道,还治其人之身 、 还乡女 、 还俗
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