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还是

hái shi · hai shi

Traditional 還是

HSK 1Old HSK 3

Meaning

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

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)坐(zuò)地铁(dìtiě)还是(háishi)打车(dǎchē)？

    Shall we take the subway or a taxi?

  2. Dengdeng

    地铁(dìtiě)快(kuài)，不过(bùguò)打车(dǎchē)舒服(shūfu)。

    The subway is fast, but a taxi is comfortable.

  3. Liangliang

    还是(háishi)坐(zuò)地铁(dìtiě)吧(ba)，打车(dǎchē)太(tài)贵(guì)。

    Let's take the subway. A taxi is too expensive.

  4. Dengdeng

    不过(bùguò)地铁站(dìtiězhàn)离(lí)这儿(zhèr)三(sān)公里(gōnglǐ)。

    But the subway station is three kilometres from here.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)还是(háishi)打车(dǎchē)吧(ba)。

    Then we had better take a taxi.

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2 examples
01

您(nín)赞(zàn)成(chéng)还(hái)是(shi)反(fǎn)对(duì)他(tā)的(de)想(xiǎng)法(fǎ)？

Are you for or against his idea?

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

到(dào)目(mù)前(qián)为(wéi)止(zhǐ)，我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)是(shi)相(xiāng)当(dāng)成(chéng)功(gōng)的(de)。

So far we have been quite successful.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CC · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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还
hái

still; still in progress

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true

Individual character meanings do not always explain the meaning of a whole word.

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