璧還

Chinese

		piece of jade with hole in centre	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (璧還)		璧	還
simp. (璧还)		璧	还

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìhuán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ waan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìhuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìhuán
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-huan²
  - Yale: bì-hwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhwan
  - Palladius: бихуань (bixuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ waan⁴
  - Yale: bīk wàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ waan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ wan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ waːn²¹/

Verb

璧還

(literary, honorific) to return something borrowed in good shape and with thanks

Related terms

完璧歸趙／完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào)

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