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waanˎ₄還
简 还
Pinyin: huan2
Translations
noungo/come back; return (to a place)
noungive/pay back; return (sth)
noun(verb) 1. pay back (money); 2. return (something)
saangˉ¹生waanˎ₄還
简 生还
Pinyin: sheng1 huan2
Translations
nounto survive
waanˎ₄還syun˗₃算houˊ²好
简 还算好
Pinyin: hai2 suan4 hao3
Translations
nounfairly good, could be worse
waanˎ₄還mutˍ₆沒
简 还没
Pinyin: hai2 mei2
Translations
nounnot yet
ze˗₃借siˉ¹屍waanˎ₄還wanˎ₄魂
简 借尸还魂
Pinyin: jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2
Translations
nouna discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
nounto revive under a new disguise (as a criminal would in order to hide his identity)
nounreincarnation (lit., "a returning soul borrows a corpse")
soengˉ¹雙puiˏ₅倍fungˍ₆奉waanˎ₄還
简 双倍奉还
Pinyin: shuang1 bei4 feng4 huan2
Translations
nounreturn sth. two-fold; to give sth. back to sb. in double portion (retribution), get back at someone twice as bad as they did to you
jatˉ¹一bou˗₃報waanˎ₄還jatˉ¹一bou˗₃報
简 一报还一报
Pinyin: yi1 bao4 huan2 yi1 bao4
Translations
nounretribution paid out in kind
faanˊ²返louˏ₅老waanˎ₄還tungˎ₄童
简 返老还童
Pinyin: fan3 lao3 huan2 tong2
Translations
nounbe rejuvenated; have one's youthful vigor revived
waanˎ₄還syuˉ¹書
简 还书
Pinyin: huan2 shu1
Translations
nounto return a book, take a book back
waanˎ₄還houˊ²好
简 还好
Pinyin: hai2 hao3
Translations
nounnot bad
waanˎ₄還dakˉ¹得sanˎ₄神lokˍ₆落
简 还得神落
Pinyin: huan2 de2 shen2 luo4
Translations
nounthank God, as voiced when one has avoided trouble or calamity of some kind
nounThank god, as said when one has avoided trouble or calamity of some kind
waanˎ₄還syuˉ¹書soengˉ¹箱
简 还书箱
Pinyin: huan2 shu1 xiang1
Translations
noundrop-in box (for return of library books)
jukˍ₆欲keoiˏ₅拒waanˎ₄還jingˎ₄迎
简 欲拒还迎
Pinyin: yu4 ju4 hai2 ying2
Translations
nouninitially want to refuse it, but finally accept it
gaaiˊ²解lingˎ₄鈴waanˎ₄還seoiˉ¹須haiˍ₆繫lingˎ₄鈴janˎ₄人
简 解铃还须系铃人
Pinyin: jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2
Translations
nounThe only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem (lit., "the person who removes the bell (from the tiger's) neck must be the person who fastened the bell (around the tiger's neck).")
bunˊ²本leiˍ₆利gwaiˉ¹歸waanˎ₄還
简 本利归还
Pinyin: ben3 li4 gui1 huan2
Translations
nounto return in principal and interest; to take revenge to the full
waanˎ₄還hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以
简 还可以
Pinyin: hai2 ke3 yi3
Translations
nounalso acceptable; still acceptable | Cant.: 重可以; 仲可以
nounit's alright;still can; it's just about okay; it's good enough; it's borderline acceptable; that will do
nounstill okay; so-so (spoken)
zaa˗₃乍nyunˏ₅暖waanˎ₄還honˎ₄寒
简 乍暖还寒
Pinyin: zha4 nuan3 huan2 han2
Translations
nounIn between Winter and Spring, where the temperature fluctuates between warm and cold
hoiˉ¹開tinˉ¹天saak3,索lokˍ₆價,deiˍ₆落waanˎ₄地cinˎ₄還錢
简 开天索价,落地还钱
Pinyin: kai1 tian1 suo3 jia4 , lao4 di4 huan2 qian2
Translations
nounthis phrase is used to describe during negotiations between two parties, the seller asking for a sky-high price whilst the buyer returns the offer with a rock bottom price
idiomTo ask an exorbitant price, but be willing to negotiate down to a reasonable one.
waanˎ₄還toˉ¹拖
简 还拖
Pinyin: hai2 tuo1
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nounto fight back; to counter attack [colloquial]
waanˎ₄還cinˊ²錢
简 还钱
Pinyin: huan2 qian2
Translations
nounto pay back a loan (lit., "return money")
gaauˉ¹交waanˎ₄還
简 交还
Pinyin: jiao1 huan2
Translations
nounto return something, to hand back
waanˎ₄還bunˊ²本
简 还本
Pinyin: huan2 ben3
Translations
nounrepayment of principal (capital)
waanˎ₄還zaai˗₃債
简 还债
Pinyin: huan2 zhai4
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nounto repay a debt
teoi˗₃退waanˎ₄還
简 退还
Pinyin: tui4 huan2
Translations
nounto return; to send back
gwaiˉ¹歸waanˎ₄還
简 归还
Pinyin: gui1 huan2
Translations
nounto return; to send back; to give back; to revert