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还是
hái shi
or, still
HSK 3Rare
What does 还是 mean?
还是 (pinyin: hái shi) means or, still. It belongs to the official HSK 3 vocabulary (intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
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Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 还 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 是
The characters of 还是
| 还 | Huán | still, yet (HSK 2) |
| 是 | shì | to be (HSK 1) |
Related HSK 3 words
| 位 | wèi | place, position; polite classifier for people |
| 带 | dài | to bring, to carry |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | should, ought to |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | think, consider |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble, be like |
| 跟 | gēn | with, to follow |
| 才 | cái | only, not until (emphasizing late occurrence) |
| 地 | de | ground, earth; -ly (adverb suffix) |
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