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How to write 还 (hái, “still”)

还, an HSK 1 character, is read hái for “still” and “still in progress”, and also huán (“to pay back”). The traditional form is 還, 16 strokes instead of 7. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 还是 (“still”), 退还 (“to return”) and 还原 (“to restore to the original state”). Japanese keeps the traditional 還, read kan (“send back”).

Pinyin
hái, huán
Strokes
7
HSK
1
Radical
辶 (“walking”)
Traditional
還

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As a bottom-left wrap character it splits into 辶 (“walking”, the radical), strokes 5–7; 不 (“no”), strokes 1–4, written the inside first.

  1. toprightwards
  2. topdown and left
  3. centerdownwards
  4. rightdown and right
  5. top leftdown and right
  6. leftrightwards → downwards
  7. bottom leftrightwards

Names of the strokes

Traditional form

Simplified
还 · 7 strokes
Traditional
還 · 16 strokes · see its strokes

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
hái
second tone		still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more還还是 还好
huán
second tone		to pay back; to return還退还 还原 归还 讨价还价
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 2 word
Words with it
61 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 还

WordPinyinMeaning
还 還háistill; still in progress HSK 1
还是 還是háishistill; had better HSK 2
退还 退還tuìhuánto return (sth borrowed etc); to send back HSK 5
还原 還原huányuánto restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event) HSK 6
归还 歸還guīhuánto return sth; to revert HSK 6
讨价还价 討價還價tǎojià-huánjiàto haggle over price; to bargain HSK 7-9
返还 返還fǎnhuánrestitution; return of something to its original owner HSK 7-9
偿还 償還chánghuánto repay; to reimburse HSK 7-9
回还 回還huíhuánto return
生还 生還shēnghuánto return alive; to survive

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