还in English,还translation,还Chinese English dictionary

Auto Play

Has : Collocations, Character Decomposition, Stroke Order, nciku Note, Q&A

HSK rank

还 (還) ★★

[hái]
Listen

Alternative pronunciations

[huán] back | return

Stroke order

Font Size

Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

还 [hái]

1. adverb [仍旧] still, yet

那家老饭店还很兴旺。

The old restaurant is still thriving.

她还没回来。

She hasn't come back yet.
2. adverb [更加] even more

他比我还想家。

He's even more homesick than I am.
3. adverb [尚] still

她不聪明，但还算老实。

She's no great brain, but still, she's honest.
4. adverb [尚且] even

她还不着急，你急什么？

If even she isn't worried then why are you?
5. adverb [居然] really

他这次考试还真的通过了。

He really did pass the exam this time round.
6. adverb [早在] as early as

当他还在襁褓中就被父母遗弃了。

He was abandoned by his parents in infancy.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

还 [hái]

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

还 [hái]

1. 副表示动作或状态保持不变，相当于"仍然"

他还在办公

天气还那么热

年过八旬，精神还那么饱满。
2. 副用在上半句里作陪衬，下半句作出推论，相当于"尚且"

人还不认识，更不用说叫出名字了

大人还拿不动，何况小孩儿呢？
3. 副表示在已指出的范围以外有所增益或补充

要社会效益，还要经济效益

问了他的姓名、年龄，还问了一些别的问题。
4. 副跟"比"连用，表示被比较事物的性状、程度有所增加，相当于"更加"

去年比前年热，今年比去年还热

成绩比预想的还好。
5. 副用在形容词前，表示勉强达到一般的程度

这本小说写得还不错

地势还平坦，修渠不会太费工。
6. 副表示超出预料，有赞叹的语气

想不到你还真把事儿办成了。
7. "还"与"又"都可以表示动作再一次出现，但"还"主要表示未出现的动作，"又"主要表示已出现的动作。如"吃了一个还要吃一个""吃了一个又吃一个"。

See more results for 还 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Example Search


这事儿还早，八字还没一撇呢！: It has barely started.
这些家具都还是白槎儿的，还没来得及上漆。: This furniture has not been painted.
小姑还有一个星期才出月子，现在还要好好休养。: There is still a week left for the confinement of my sister-in-law. She still needs to be in good relaxation now.
额定工作还没完成呢，谁还有时间干“私活儿”啊！: I haven't even finished my designated work. How can I spare time for the extra work?
你还是姑娘家，有些事你还不懂。: You are still a young girl, there are many things that you don't understand.
皇上已经就寝了，你还有什么事还是明朝再报吧。: The Emperor has already gone to bed. You can present tomorrow if you have something to say.
在生意场上他还是个嫩弱的新手，还需要磨练。: In business circles he is still a weak newcomer who needs more practice.
全家迁入这里的时候我还小，还不记事呢。: I was young when we moved into this place, I hadn't begun to remember things then.
鸭黄现在还不赚钱，你还是再养些时候吧。: Rear the ducklings for a little longer because selling them now cannot make money.
我们对待敌人就应该以眼还眼，以牙还牙。: We should pay our enemies back for what they did to us.; 3597 more results

Character Decomposition

辶 [zǒu,chuò]	+	不 [bù]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 16

Play

nciku Note

Paired conjunctions as a conveyor of coordination

Paired conjunctions as a conveyor of coordination

A conjunction is a word or expression that acts as a transition between clauses and phrases in a complex sentence. For example: "不但……而且……" búdàn...érqiě... (not only … but also …), "如果……就……" rúguǒ...jiù... (if… then…), and "总而言之" zǒng'éryánzhī (all in all), where the first clause or phrase is connected to the following clause or phrase by a conjunction.

The paired conjunctions such as "又……又……" yòu...yòu..., "一面……一面……" yímiàn...yímiàn..., "不是……而是……" búshì...ér shì... , "既……又……" jì...yòu..., "一边……一边……" yìbiān...yìbiān... and "……还……" ...hái... are used to show coordination in sentence.
(1) 他又抽烟，又喝酒。
(2) 他一边吃饭，一边看电影。
(3) 他不是学生，而是老师。
(4) 他乱丢纸屑，还随地吐痰。
(5) 他既爱吃水果，又爱吃蔬菜。

by nciku_edu

Show all 2 nciku notes for 还

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Ask a Question