还

huán = hu + an2

surname Huan

hái = h + ai2

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

还 = 不 + 辶 : Hamlet sees an early exhibit of king Leonidas' gladiator sandals in the airplane's kitchen. However, the exhibition is still not set up but in the progress of being set up, so there's a big sign showing that it's forbidden to touch the sandals.

huán = hu + an2

to pay back / to return

还 character breakdown

还
- 不
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 卜
    - 丨
    - 丶
- 辶

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 还 as component

还 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 还

to return sth / to revert

to haggle over price / to bargain

to return (sth borrowed etc) / to send back / to refund / to rebate

restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance

to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate

to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

to ask for sth back / to recover

variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2]

lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

survivor

return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)

to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task

repossession

to recover (lost property or money) / to win back

restoring agricultural land to forest

,

return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser

A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.

Sentences with 还

hái

shì

qi̅ng

le

zài

ná

yi̅

gè

zhòng

diǎn

r

de

lái

It's still too light for me. Bring me something heavier.