還 (waan4 | huan2 hai2) : return; still; even; again; also

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還

waan4

huan2 hai2

[粵] waan4 | [國] huan2
[1] [v] go/come back; return (to a place)
[2] [v] give/pay back; return (sth)

[粵] waan4 | [國] hai2
[1] [adv] still; yet; still more
[2] [adv] even; even more
[3] [adv] again; once more
[4] [adv] also; too; as well

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

還 / 还

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Sep 2013 01:37

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還是 waan4 si6 hai2 shi4 = or; still; may as well 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

生還者 sang1 waan4 ze2 sheng1 huan2 zhe3 = survivor

還要 waan4 jiu3 hai2 yao4 = even/still more; still want to

還算好 waan4 syun3 hou2 = fairly good, could be worse

目前還不清楚 muk6 cin4 waan4 bat1 cing1 co2 mu4 qian2 hai2 bu4 qing1 chu3 = at present it is still unclear .... 國

還好 waan4 hou2 hai2 hao3 = [adv] not bad

還書 waan4 syu1 = to return a book, take a book back

還火 waan4 fo2 = fired back

生還 saang1 waan4 = to survive

發還 faat3 waan4 fa1 huan2 = return sth (to one's subordinate); give (or send) back

還本 waan4 bun2 huan2 ben3 = repayment of principal (capital)

一報還一報 jat1 bou3 waan4 jat1 bou3 yi1 bao4 huan2 yi1 bao4 = retribution paid out in kind

欲拒還迎 juk6 keoi5 waan4 jing4 = initially want to refuse it, but finally accept it

不知好笑還是好怒 bat1 zi1 hou2 siu3 waan4 si6 hou2 nou6 = find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth

還債 waan4 zaai3 huan2 zhai4 = to repay a debt

還原 waan4 jyun4 huan2 yuan2 = to restore

落地還錢 lok6 dei6 waan4 cin4*2 = ask for the highest price first, and give in a little bit later

還鄉 waan4 hoeng1 huan2 xiang1 = to return to one's place of origin

長命債長命還 coeng4 meng6 zaai3 coeng4 meng6 waan4 = to repay a debt slowly 粵

還返 waan4 faan1 = to return; to repay 粵

還翻 waan4 faan1 = to return; to repay 粵

借屍還魂 ze3 si1 waan4 wan4 jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2 = reincarnation (lit., "a returning soul borrows a corpse")

以牙還牙 ji5 ngaa4 waan4 ngaa4 = to repay evil: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 粵

還錢 waan4 cin4*2 huan2 qian2 = to pay back a loan (lit., "return money")

雙倍奉還 soeng1 pui5 fung6 waan4 shuang1 bei4 feng4 huan2 = return sth. two-fold; to give sth. back to sb. in double portion (retribution)

還書箱 waan4 syu1 soeng1 = drop-in box

還沒 waan4 mut6 hai2 mei2 = not yet 國

還人情 waan4 jan4 cing4 huan2 ren2 qing2 = return a favour

返老還童 faan2 lou5 waan4 tung4 fan3 lao3 huan2 tong2 = be rejuvenated; have one's youthful vigor revived

本利歸還 bun2 lei6 gwai1 waan4 ben3 li4 gui1 huan2 = to return in principal and interest; to take revenge to the full

還得神落 waan4 dak1 san4 lok6 huan2 de2 shen2 luo4 = thank God (after problem avoided) 粵

告老還鄉 gou3 lou5 waan4 hoeng1 gao4 lao3 huan2 xiang1 = resign from one's position and return to one's hometown

一山還有一山高 jat1 saan1 waan4 jau5 jat1 saan1 gou1 yi1 shan1 hai2 you3 yi1 shan1 gao1 = there are always someone better than you

衣錦還鄉 ji3 gam2 waan4 hoeng1 yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1 = to have a glorious homecoming

以其人之道，還治其人之身 ji5 kei4 jan4 zi1 dou6, waan4 zi6 kei4 jan4 zi1 san1 yi3 qi2 ren2 zhi1 dao4 , huan2 zhi4 qi2 ren2 zhi1 shen1 = pay sb. back in the same way they did sth. to you

解鈴還須繫鈴人 gaai2 ling4 waan4 seoi1 hai6 ling4 jan4 jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2 = the only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem

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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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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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