Give back in Chinese
to give back · HSK 5
退还
- 退 to retreat
- 还 still
请把借的书退还给图书馆。 Please return the borrowed books to the library.
Other ways to say give back
More words with 退 or 还
How do you say give back in Chinese?
Give back in Chinese is 退还 (tuì huán). You can also say 归还 (guī huán), 还 (huán), 归 (guī), 吐 (tù).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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