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还是

háishi

Traditional: 還是

still (as before)

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Meaning of 还是 in English

háishiHSK 2adverb, conjunctionSyllabus #352
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or

Example sentences

  1. 这是一只钢笔还是铅笔？
    zhè shì yī zhī gāng bǐ hái shì qiān bǐ？
    Is this a pen or a pencil?
    Tatoeba #1416061 by sadhen · #55841 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 那是一只鹳还是一只苍鹭？
    nà shì yī zhī guàn hái shì yī zhī cāng lù？
    Is that a stork or a heron?
    Tatoeba #10513292 by GlossaMatik · #8385078 by Luiaard · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 您赞成还是反对他的想法？
    nín zàn chéng hái shì fǎn duì tā de xiǎng fǎ？
    Are you for or against his idea?
    Tatoeba #4287483 by notabene · #15807 by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

还 on its own →
hái · still

HSK words with 还

还HSK 1退还HSK 5归还HSK 6还原HSK 6偿还HSK 7–9返还HSK 7–9讨价还价HSK 7–9
是 on its own →
shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

HSK words with 是

是HSK 1但是HSK 2可是HSK 3只是HSK 3总是HSK 3就是HSK 4老是HSK 4是否HSK 4要是HSK 4于是HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences