"还" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 7
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Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 不辶
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Prononciation
Mandarin hái; huán
Entry Methods
Pinyin hai2; huan2
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Cangjie
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卜一火
Sijiao 313.0
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CNS 11643 3-2A73
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Unicode U+8FD8
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Level 3
Results for 还
 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
 huán to pay back / to return
Results beginning with 还
 hái shi or / still / nevertheless / had better
 hái yǒu furthermore / in addition / still / also
 hái hǎo not bad / tolerable / fortunately
 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
 hái shuō to add (in speaking) / to also say
 huán gěi to return sth to sb
 huán kuǎn repayment / to pay back money
 huán dài to repay a loan
 huán shǒu to hit back / to retaliate
 huán qīng to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
 huán jī to hit back / to return fire
 huán zhài to settle a debt
 huán jià to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain
 huán lǐ to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
 huán běn to repay capital
 huán xiāng to return home / fig. to retire from public life
 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products)
 huán shū return books
 huán yuàn to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
 huán sú to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
 huán zuǐ to retort / to answer back
 huán kǒu to retort / to answer back
 huán zhàng to settle and account
  remand (v.)
 huán bào to return a favor / to reciprocate / (literary) to report back
 huán xí to offer a return banquet
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 huán yuán jì reducing agent
 hái bù rú to be better off ... / might as well ...
 huán hún zhǐ recycled paper
 huán xiāng nu:3 (Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
 huán yuán hào (music notation) natural sign, ♮
 huán yuán rǔ reconstituted milk (Tw)
  debt service
 huán hún xiàng jiāo recycled rubber
 huán yuán zhēn xiàng to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
  debt service cost
  total debt service
  innocence commission
Approximate Results for 还
 cháng huán to repay / to reimburse
退 tuì huán to return (sth borrowed etc) / to send back / to refund / to rebate
 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
 guī huán to return sth / to revert
 shēng huán to return alive / to survive
 jiāo huán to return sth / to hand back
 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate
 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific)
 tǎo huán to ask for sth back / to recover
 bì huán return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
 fàng huán to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
 huí huán to return
 wǎng huán contacts / dealings
 zhì huán please return (an item sent in the mail)
 zhuī huán to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
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  repayment
  repayment period
 shēng huán zhě survivor
 tǎo jià huán jià to haggle over price / to bargain
退 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest
 nà hái yòng shuō that goes without saying
 yì jǐn huán xiāng to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom) / to return in glory
 jiè shī huán hún lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom) / fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
 fǎn lǎo huán tóng to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
 yǐ yá huán yá a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn an eye for an eye (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
  debt repayment
 fǎn huán zhàn yǒu repossession
 zhè hái liǎo dé How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
  uranium reduction system
  repayment schedule
  reimbursement of income tax
  recovery of overpayments
  standard scale for reimbursement
  outstanding debt
  standard rates of reimbursement
 bǐ dēng tiān hái nán lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
  recovery of erroneous disbursements
  overhead reimbursement
  debt amortization
  oxidation-reduction potential / redox potential
 bā zì hái méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
 mù qián hái bù qīng chǔ at present it is still unclear ....
 xìng Jiǎng hái shi xìng Wāng friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])
 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2]
  Cuprion Ammoniacal Leach Process / Cuprion Ammoniacal Process / Cuprion process
  selective catalytic reduction
  gas phase chemical reduction
  self-sustainment reimbursement rate / self-sustainment rate
 bā zì hái méi yī piě r lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
 dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
  major equipment reimbursement rate / major equipment rate
  selective non-catalytic reduction
 chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
  Personal Advances and Recovery system
 hǎo jiè hǎo huán , zài jiè bù nán see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难[you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]
 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
 yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
  SMP equipment reimbursement rate
  return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin
  Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations / Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations and Other Innovative Mechanisms
  Cuprion Ammoniacal Leach Process / Cuprion Ammoniacal Process / Cuprion process
  National Commission for Reconciliation and Property Settlement
  other resources relating to reimbursements
 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
  Understanding on the Return of Korean War Remains
  multi-year rescheduling agreement
  Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations Trust Fund / ERSO Trust Fund
  Coordination Unit for the Return of Property from Iraq to Kuwait
  Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations Trust Fund / ERSO Trust Fund
  Model Bilateral Treaty for the Return of Stolen or Embezzled Vehicles
  Committee of Experts to Study the Question of the Restitution of Works of Art
  Working Group on Reimbursement of Contingent-Owned Equipment / COE Working Group
  locally reimbursed revolving TRAC
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