还

還
hái
HSK 2
#80 most
frequent character
still, still in progress, still more
adverb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

还 is a short form of 還. It has 辶 for movement and 不, which stands for 睘 and supplies the sound. The first meaning was 'to return to a place'. Read hái, the sense 'still' was borrowed for its sound.

Drawn as: movement

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Example Sentences

我还在学习中文。
wǒhuán zài xuéxí zhōngwén 。
I am still studying Chinese.
你还想喝茶吗？
nǐ huánxiǎng hēchá ma ？
Do you still want to drink tea?
他还有很多事情要做。
tā huányǒu hěnduō shìqíng yào zuò 。
He still has a lot of things to do.

Same Characters, Different Readings

HSK 4
还huán
to pay back, to return, surname Huan

Words with similar meanings

仍然réngrán
still
More formal; used in contexts where continuity or persistence is emphasized.
依然yīrán
still
Similar in meaning but can imply a sense of unchanging state.

Words Starting With 还

还是hái shì
or; still; nevertheless

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