「還」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: waan4
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to return; to bring back
    (Cant.) waan4cin2
    (Eng.) to pay [money] back
    (Cant.) waan4syu1
    (Eng.) to return a book
    (Cant.) ngo5mui5go3jyut6jiu3waan4saam1cin1man1bei2keoi5
    (Eng.) I need to pay him back $3000 every month.

  • to repay
    (Cant.) 還債waan4 zaai3
    (Eng.) to repay a debt
    (Cant.) ceot1dak1lai4haang4jyu6zo2jiu3waan4
    (Eng.) As a gangster, I've expected to repay my "karmic debt".

  • to treat independently; often used to form an "A-還-A" phrase, where A would be either the event itself or the combination of the numeral jat1 and any of the classifiers of items such as joeng6, bat1, daan1 and gin6
    (Cant.) 一筆還一筆jat1 bat1 waan4 jat1 bat1
    (Eng.) to treat two things separately
    (Cant.) cat1hung2lau4hyut3waan4cat1hung2lau4hyut3sei2waan4sei2
    (Eng.) Bleeding and dying are two different matters.

See also: 酬 報答 償 退還 退 交還 歸來
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「還」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: waan4
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
  • to return
    (Cant.) 以牙還牙ji5 ngaa4 waan4 ngaa4
    (Eng.) a tooth for a tooth
    (Cant.) 以其人之道還治其人之身ji5 kei4 jan4 zi1 dou6 waan4 zi6 kei4 jan4 zi1 san1
    (Eng.) to serve someone the same sauce

  • to return to the original state
    (Cant.) 還原waan4 jyun4
    (Eng.) recover; restore
    (Cant.) 還俗waan4 zuk6
    (Eng.) to defrock; to laicize; to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)

  • to return
    (Cant.) 歸還gwai1 waan4
    (Eng.) to return to a place
    (Cant.) 生還sang1 waan4
    (Eng.) to survive
    (Cant.) 往還wong5 waan4
    (Eng.) to go and return

See also: 退還 退 交還 歸來 過來
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「還」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: waan4
Part of Speech: adverb
Labels: Mandarin
Explanation:
  • and also
    (Chi.) taa1bat1daan6jau5sin6waan4fei1soeng4sing4sat6
    (Cant.) keoi5m4daan1zi2hou2jan4zung6fei1soeng4zi1sing4sat6
    (Eng.) He is not only friendly, but also very honest.

  • more
    (Chi.) taa1bei2ngo5waan4gou1
    (Cant.) keoi5zung6gou1gwo3ngo5
    (Eng.) He is taller than me.

  • still
    (Chi.) zing3geoi3kok3zok6nei5waan4gaau2bin6
    (Cant.) zing3geoi3kok3zok6nei5zung6gaau2bin6
    (Eng.) You still deny in front of the evidence!

Synonym: Synonym:
See also: 夾 以及 更之 越發 多啲 依舊 也 還是 依然
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