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還

简还 · 繁還

Mandarin · pinyin hái#

Mandarin · pinyin huán#

to pay back
to return

Mandarin · pinyin Huán#

surname Huan

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還: hái · still, yet, also, besides
还: hái · still, yet, also, besides

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syun4 · waan4

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character

to return to a place; to go back to a place
to return an object; to give back
to do or give something in return
(Teochew, Malaysia Hokkien, Singapore Hokkien, Philippine Hokkien) to pay
a surname

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still; yet; indicates that the phenomenon or observation still exists or the action is still ongoing
also; as well
even more; indicates an increase from a certain level or a supplement
(before adjectives, mostly positive) passably; (surprisingly) quite
(often in rhetorical questions) indicates condition and contrast, interchangeable with 都 (dōu); even
indicates unexpectedness; really
indicates past events; emphasising earliness
(Hakka, usually in exclamation) very

adv

(Nanjing Mandarin, interrogative) have or have not; do or do not; will or will not

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately

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