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还是

hái shi
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Common #206

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Definitions

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

Grammar

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Example Sentences

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肉 还是 鱼？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1358670)
他试图说服我，但我 还是 不同意。
He tried to persuade me, but I still didn't agree.
Source: Deepseek

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Words Containing 还是

姓蒋还是姓汪
xìng jiǎng hái shi xìng wāng

friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[shā jiā bāng]) (蔣|蒋[jiǎng] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí] and 汪[wāng] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[wāng jīng wèi])

Child Words of 还是

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

还
hái

still

还
huán

to pay back