还 (還) hái

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. hái adverb fairly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (XHZD '还' hái 4)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. huán verb to turn one's head; to look back
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '還' 3)
11. 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)
12. xuán verb to rotate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 旋 (Guoyu '還' xuán; Kroll 2015 '還' xuán)
13. huán verb since
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 以来 (Guoyu '還' huán v 6)
14. 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)
15. hái adverb already
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 已经 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 4)
16. hái adverb already
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 居然 (Guoyu '還' hái adv 7)
17. hái conjunction or
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 居然 (Guoyu '還' hái conjunction)

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• 缴还(繳還) to pay back; to give back
• 给还(給還) to give back
• 讨还(討還) to ask for something back; to recover
• 借而不还(借而不還) to borrow but not give back
• 八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
• 还书(還書) to return a book
• 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
• 好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
• 还席(還席) to offer a return banquet
• 还报(還報) to report back ; to answer; to reply ; to retaliate ; to suffer retribution
• 还嘴(還嘴) to retort; to answer back
• 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
• 还给(還給) to return
• 退还(退還) to return
• 偿还(償還) to repay; to reimburse ; to implement
• 还帐(還帳) to repay a debt
• 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
• 还账(還賬) to settle and account
• 返本还原(返本還原) return to the source
• 还贷(還貸) to repay a loan
• 衣锦还乡(衣錦還鄉) to come back to one's home
• 还款(還款) to pay back money
• 还魂纸(還魂紙) recycled paper
• 还不如(還不如) to be better off; might as well
• 还政(還政) to return to office; to return to government service ; to return to power
• 回还(回還) to return
• 奉还(奉還) to return [the jade annulus to Zhao]
• 还击(還擊) to hit back; to return fire
• 还好(還好) not bad; tolerable; fortunately
• 还军(還軍) withdrew his troops
• 还价(還價) to counter-offer; to bargain
• 借尸还魂(借屍還魂) reincarnated in somebody else's body; a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
• 璧还(璧還) return (a borrowed object) with thanks; decline (a gift) with thanks
• 还本(還本) to repay capital
• 还原真相(還原真相) to set the record straight; to clarify the facts
• 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
• 送还(送還) to return; to give back; to send back; to repatriate
• 还原剂(還原劑) reducing agent
• 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
• 多还走(多還走) many fled back
• 生还者(生還者) survivor
• 返还(返還) restitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance
• 遣还(遣還) to send back
• 讨价还价(討價還價) to haggle back and forth; bargain and counter-offer ; to negotiate over and over
• 清还(清還) to clear completely
• 这还了得(這還了得) How dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful!
• 还原(還原) to restore ; chemical reduction ; reduction of a mathematical formula
• 还都(還都) relocate the capital
• 归还(歸還) to go back; to revert ; to return an item
• 解铃还须系铃人(解鈴還須繫鈴人) whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it; whoever started the trouble should end it

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