No. 29 in Chinese
还
"还" (hái/huán): 1. [hái] still, yet, also. 2. [huán] to return, give back.
In a sentence
我还没吃饭。
I have not eaten yet.
In this sentence, '还' is used to express 'yet' or 'still', indicating that the action has not been completed till the present moment.
他还给了她一本书。
He returned a book to her.
Here, '还' means 'to return', describing the act of giving something back to its rightful owner.
今天的天气还不错。
Today's weather is quite good.
In this case, '还' is used to mean 'fairly' or 'quite', expressing mild intensity of the adjective describing the weather.
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