還
háihuánxuán HSK1

still

还 還 hái frequency
still adverb
still; yet; continuing as before; used for an action or state that remains unchanged

你还站在这里干什么？

nǐ hái zhàn zài zhè​lǐ gàn​shén​me?

Why are you still standing here?

她还没有经历过爱情。

tā hái méi​yǒu jīng​lì guo ài​qíng.

She hasn’t experienced love yet.

also adverb
also; in addition; besides; additionally including something else

除了金属你还听什么？

chú​le jīn​shǔ nǐ hái tīng shén​me?

What else do you listen to besides metal?

or conjunction
used in the 还是 hái​shi pattern to provide options in a question
unexpectedly adverb
unexpectedly; surprisingly; used to show that something is contrary to what was thought

我还以为你讨厌跳舞。

wǒ hái yǐ​wéi nǐ tǎo​yàn tiào​wǔ.

I thought you hated dancing.

我还以为你很聪明。

wǒ hái yǐ​wéi nǐ hěn cōng​ming.

I thought you were pretty smart.

fairly adverb
fairly; passably; used before adjectives to show a level that is acceptable but not outstanding

其实我还挺有信心的。

qí​shí wǒ hái tǐng yǒu xìn​xīn de.

Actually, I'm quite confident.

even more adverb
even more; still more; used with 比 bǐ to show an increased degree when comparing things

我出嫁时比你还年轻。

wǒ chū jià shí bǐ nǐ hái nián​qīng.

I was married even younger than you.

狗嘴真的比人嘴还干净吗？

gǒu zuǐ zhēn​de bǐ rén zuǐ hái gān​jìng ma?

Are dog mouths really cleaner than human mouths?

is it necessary adverb
used in the pattern 还用 hái​yòng to indicate that something goes without saying or is obvious
还 還 huán
to return verb
to give back; to return something to its owner; to repay a debt

我把我借来的刀还了。

wǒ bǎ wǒ jiè lái de dāo huán le.

I returned the knife which I had borrowed.

to retaliate verbnoun
to do something in return; to strike back; to reciprocate a gesture
to go back verbnoun
to go or come back; to return to a place or restore to a former state
Huan
a surname
还 還 xuán
to revolve
(literary) to revolve; to spin; to turn around

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Frequency
Character
Written text
80th most common 2149.1 per million
Movie subtitles
41st most common 4107.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3884.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1985.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
还
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+9084

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)