还 hái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 不 no, not, un-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
还原
huányuán
to restore, to return to original state
Characters in this word
原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查人员根据现场痕迹，还原了事故发生前后的关键过程。 Diàochá rényuán gēnjù xiànchǎng hénjì, huányuán le shìgù fāshēng qiánhòu de guānjiàn guòchéng. Based on the traces at the scene, the investigators reconstructed the key process before and after the accident.
- 手机出了问题，只好还原到出厂设置。 Shǒujī chū le wèntí, zhǐhǎo huányuán dào chūchǎng shèzhì. The phone had a problem, so I had to restore it to factory settings.
- 专家用旧照片还原了老街原来的样子。 Zhuānjiā yòng jiù zhàopiàn huányuán le lǎo jiē yuánlái de yàngzi. Experts used old photos to restore the original look of the old street.
Related words
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 还是 háishi still; or (in questions)
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 还 huán to give back, to return
- 归还 guīhuán to return
- 偿还 chánghuán to repay; to pay back
- 返还 fǎnhuán to return; to give back
- 讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià to bargain; to haggle
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally
- 原因 yuányīn reason
- 原料 yuánliào raw material
- 原则 yuánzé principle