Chinese symbol for “still”
还
hái
Traditional: 還
still; still in progress; still more; yet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for still is 还 (hái), defined as: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “still”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
| 仍 | réng | still; yet; to remain |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 依然 | yī rán | still; as before |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 还.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
| 还好 (還好) | hái hǎo | not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily |
| 还给 (還給) | huán gěi | to return sth to sb |
| 还原 (還原) | huán yuán | to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event) |
| 归还 (歸還) | guī huán | to return sth; to revert |
See also: Japanese symbol for “still”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.