還: to return | still

還 [还] huán

verb
: to return; to pay back

還 [还] hái

noun | adverb
: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
: fairly; passably (good)
: as early as

還す | かえす kaesu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

還り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

還る | かえる kaeru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

還[还]原 huan2yuan2: to restore to the original state; reduction (chemistry)

還債[还债] huan2zhai4: to settle a debt

還價[还价] huan2jia4: to make a counter-offer when haggling; to bargain

還[还]嘴 huan2 zui3: to retort; to answer back

還[还]口 huan2kuo3: to retort; sass; lip

歸還[归还] gui1huan2: to return something; to revert
[帰還 | きかん kikan: repatriation; return
: (electrical) feedback]

償還[偿还] chang2huan2: to repay; to reimburse
[償還 | しょうかん shoukan: repayment; redemption; amortization]

無力償還 [无力偿还] wu2li4 chang2huan2: insolvency

退還[还] tui4huan2: to return (sthng); to send back; to refund; to rebate

交還[还] jiao1huan2: to return something; to hand back; to exchange

奉還[还] feng4 huan2: to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
[奉還 | ほうかん houkan: restoring to the emperor]

還 [还] hai2: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; fairly; passably (good); as early as; else

還[还]有 hai2you3: furthermore; in addition; still; also

還[还]好 hai2hao3: not bad; tolerable; fortunately

還[还]要 hai2yau4: still need to; still want

還[还]是 hai2shi: or; still; nevertheless; had better

還[还]不如 hai2 bu4ru2: to be better off…; might as well…

付還[还] fu4hai2: reimbursement

重还 zhong4hai2: escheat

Japanese expression
家に還る | いえにかえる ieni kaeru
: to come back home; to go back home

Chinese idiom
以眼還眼 yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3
: an eye for an eye; fig. to use the enemy’s methods against him; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

以牙還牙 yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2
: a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

以眼還眼，以牙還牙 yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3 , yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2
: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; fig. to use the enemy’s methods against him; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

衣錦還鄉 [衣锦还乡] yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1
: to come back to one’s hometown in silken robes; to return in glory

討價還價 [讨价还价] tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4
: to haggle over price

買櫝還珠 [买椟还珠] mai3 du2 huan2 zhu1
: to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgement

比登天還難 bi3 deng1 tian1 hai2 nan2
: lit. even harder than reaching the sky; fig. extremely difficult; far from an easy task

八字還沒一撇 ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3
: lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet

薑還是老的辣 [姜还是老的辣] jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de la4
: lit. old ginger is hotter than young ginger; experience counts

以其人之道，還治其人之身 yi3 qi2 ren2 zhi1 dao4 , huan2 zhi4 qi2 ren2 zhi1 shen1
: to use an opponent’s own methods to obtain retribution (from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

血債要用血來還 [血债要用血来还] xue4 zhai4 yao4 yong4 xue4 lai2 huan2
: A debt of blood must be paid in blood.