(hái) - still, yet; also; even more in Mandarin
háiTraditional: 還
Translation
still, yet; also; even more
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the 辶 'movement' radical gives the original sense 'to return', and the right-hand element supplies the sound. Read hai it means 'still, yet, also'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 辶 (movement radical) + phonetic element
Stroke order
还
Examples
。
He still has not come.
？
Do you still have questions?
。
Today is even colder than yesterday.
雨。
It is still raining outside.
。
I have not had lunch yet.
Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 还.
Used in
Stories
(8)Grammar articles
(9)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大
The Experiential 过 (guò) in Mandarin: Saying You Have Ever Done Something
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
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