還
háihuánHuán HSK1

still

还 (還) hái frequency
still adverb
indicating that an action or state is continuing or has not yet finished

都晚上十点了，他竟然还在办公室里加班。

dōu wǎn​shang shí​diǎn le, tā jìng​rán hái zài bàn​gōng​shì lǐ jiā​bān.

It's already 10 p.m., and he is actually still working overtime in the office.

also adverb
in addition to what has been mentioned; additionally; else

我买了一本书，还买了一个本子。

wǒ mǎi le yī běn shū, hái mǎi le yī gè běn​zi.

I bought a book and also a notebook.

even more adverb
used in comparisons to indicate a higher degree; even

这件衣服比那件还漂亮。

zhè jiàn yī​fu bǐ nà jiàn hái piào​liang.

This dress is even more beautiful than that one.

fairly adverb
moderately; passably good

这里的环境还算安静。

zhè​lǐ de huán​jìng hái suàn ān​jìng.

The environment here is relatively quiet.

as early as adverb
indicating that something occurred as far back as a certain time

还在上大学时，他就开始创业了。

hái zài shàng dà​xué shí, tā jiù kāi​shǐ chuàng​yè le.

He started his own business while he was still in college.

还 (還) huán
return verb
to give back something that was borrowed

借了别人的东西一定要记得还。

jiè le bié​ren de dōng​xi yī​dìng yào jì​de huán.

If you borrow something from someone, you must remember to return it.

pay back verb
to repay money or a debt

他已经把钱还给我了。

tā yǐ​jīng bǎ qián huán gěi wǒ le.

He has already returned the money to me.

还 (還) Huán
Huan proper name
surname Huan

还先生是这家公司的经理。

Huán xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Huan is the manager of this company.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)