還 (waan4 syun4 | huan2 hai2 huan4 ying2 {xuan2}) : return; revolve; yet; still

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還

waan4 syun4

huan2 hai2 huan4 ying2 {xuan2}

(1) [1] [v] return; come back [2] [v] repay; pay back; restore; give back [3] a Chinese family name
(2) [v] revolve; turn back
(3) [1] yet; still [2] passably; fairly; quite [3] also [4] even [5] at the same time [6] or [7] had better

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

還 / 还

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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還是 waan4 si6 hai2 shi4 = [1] or; [2] still; nevertheless 國

還有 waan4 jau5 hai2 you3 = furthermore; in addition; moreover 國

還可以 waan4 ho2 ji5 hai2 ke3 yi3 = also acceptable; still acceptable 國

還給 waan4 kap1 huan2 gei3 = give back

還手 waan4 sau2 = strike back, hit back, retaliate

償還 soeng4 waan4 chang2 huan2 = to repay

討價還價 tou2 gaa3 waan4 gaa3 tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4 = to haggle; to bargain; to drive a bargain

退還 teoi3 waan4 tui4 huan2 = to return; to send back

交還 gaau1 waan4 jiao1 huan2 = to return something, to hand back

歸還 gwai1 waan4 gui1 huan2 = to return
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。國
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.

幸好還有公民黨國
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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