还
hái
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 還
Still, yet; also, in addition. It goes before the verb: 他还在家 'he is still at home', 还没来 'hasn't come yet', 还有 'and also, what's more'. Read huán, the same character means 'to give back': 还书 'to return a book'.
Vẫn, vẫn còn; ngoài ra còn, thêm nữa. Đứng trước động từ: 他还在家 (anh ấy vẫn ở nhà), 还没来 (vẫn chưa đến), 还有 (còn nữa, ngoài ra). Đọc là huán thì chữ này nghĩa là “trả lại”: 还书 (trả sách).
AdverbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “还” mean?
Still, yet; also, in addition. It goes before the verb: 他还在家 'he is still at home', 还没来 'hasn't come yet', 还有 'and also, what's more'. Read huán, the same character means 'to give back': 还书 'to return a book'.
Is “还” formal or informal?
还 is generally neutral.