还

• 拼音: huán
• 汉字拆解: 还 = 辶 (movement) + simplified right component — same character as 还 (hái) but pronounced huán meaning 'to return'

含义

To return; to give back. Used when returning borrowed items or repaying debts.

Pronounced huán (not hái), this is the verb meaning to return something. Used with objects: 还书 (return a book), 还钱 (repay money). Different from 回 (to go back to a place). The same character as 还 (hái, still/also) but with a different pronunciation and meaning.

例句

1. 我要去图书馆还书。
2. 他还没还我的钱。
3. 请把这本书还给老师。

用法指南

语境: library, money, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我明天还你的书。(I'll return your book tomorrow.)
• 这个钱我一定会还。(I will definitely pay this money back.)

错误说法

• 我还回学校了。(Confusing — for returning to school, say 我回学校了; 还 (huán) is for returning objects)

起源与历史

The character 还 (traditional: 還) contains 辶 (movement radical), suggesting the action of returning or sending something back to its origin.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal