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还
還
huán
1. to pay back
2. to return
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

还
hái
also, besides; still, yet; to return
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

交还
jiāohuán
to return sth
偿还
chánghuán
to repay
HSK 6
回还
huíhuán
to return
奉还
fènghuán
to return with thanks
往还
wǎnghuán
contacts
掷还
zhìhuán
please return (an item sent in the mail)
放还
fànghuán
to release (a hostage)
归还
guīhuán
to return sth
HSK 6
璧还
bìhuán
return (a borrowed object) with thanks
生还
shēnghuán
to return alive
讨还
tǎohuán
to ask for sth back
返还
fǎnhuán
restitution
追还
zhuīhuán
to recover (lost property or money)
退还
tuìhuán
to return (sth borrowed etc)
送还
sònghuán
to return
还俗
huánsú
to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
还债
huánzhài
to settle a debt
还价
huánjià
to make a counter-offer when haggling
还原
huányuán
to restore to the original state
HSK 6
还口
huánkǒu
to retort

Example Sentences (1)

帮我把这本词典还了吧。
Bāng wǒ bǎ zhè běn cídiǎn huán le ba.
Please return this dictionary for me.
Text 1

Alternate Entries

还
Huán
surname Huan
HSK 3
还
hái
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
79
Word Frequency Rank
38 of 84,292

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