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

HSK 5

科学家试图还原事故现场。

Kēxuéjiā shìtú huányuán shìgù xiànchǎng.

Scientists tried to reconstruct the accident scene.

HSK 7-9

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