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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
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
还嘴
huánzuǐ
to retort
还席
huánxí
to offer a return banquet
还手
huánshǒu
to hit back
还击
huánjī
to hit back
还书
huánshū
return books
还本
huánběn
to repay capital
还款
huánkuǎn
repayment
还清
huánqīng
to pay back in full
还礼
huánlǐ
to return a politeness
还给
huángěi
to return sth to sb
还贷
huándài
to repay a loan
还账
huánzhàng
to settle and account

Example Sentences (2)

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
我还没想好要不要跟你去呢。
Wǒ hái méi xiǎng hǎo yào bù yào gēn nǐ qù ne.
I haven't decided whether to go with you yet.
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