还原

還原

huányuán

verb HSK 7-9 #12,980

Meanings

1 to restore
2 to return to the original state
3 to reduce (chemistry)

Characters

original; source

Examples

科学家试图还原事故现场。

Kēxuéjiā shìtú huányuán shìgù xiànchǎng.

Scientists tried to reconstruct the accident scene.

这个软件可以还原删除的文件。

Zhège ruǎnjiàn kěyǐ huányuán shānchú de wénjiàn.

This software can restore deleted files.

Tips

usage

还原 is used in multiple fields: in chemistry it means chemical reduction (opposite of 氧化 oxidation); in tech it means restore/reset; in general use it means to reconstruct or return to an original state.

Stroke Order

还 hái

原 yuán