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还
huán
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- pinyin
- huán
- simplified
- 还
- traditional
- 還
1 · verb
To give back an item that was borrowed or taken.
把借来或拿走的东西交回去。
Here huán means to give something back. The reading hái has other meanings, such as still or also.
I will return your umbrella tomorrow.
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我明天把伞还给你。
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Have you returned the library books?
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图书馆的书，你还了吗？
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Simplified 还 corresponds to traditional 還. This sense uses the second tone.
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return — To give an item back to the person or place it came from.