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还是 (hái shi) – still (as before)

hái shi

still (as before)

HSK 3Traditional: 還是2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1still (as before)
  2. 2had better
  3. 3unexpectedly
  4. 4or

Simplified & traditional

还是

Simplified

還是

Traditional

Example sentences

See 还是 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 肉还是鱼？

    ròu hái shì yú ？

    Meat or fish?

  • 她还是独身

    tā hái shì dú shēn

    She's still single.

Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

还

huán

surname Huan

但是

dàn shì

but

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

还有

hái yǒu

furthermore

老是

lǎo shi

always

正是

zhèng shì

is precisely

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