Chinese word dictionary

还魂

huán hún · to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified还魂

Traditional還魂

Pinyinhuán hún

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

还hái

also, besides; still, yet; to return

魂hún

soul, spirit

How to learn 还魂

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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还hái

still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else

还是háishi

still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or

退还tuìhuán

to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate

归还guīhuán

to return sth; to revert

还原huányuán

to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)

偿还chánghuán

to repay; to reimburse