还是 háishì▶ todavía

Stroke order

还是 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 还 — 7 strokes
• 是 — 9 strokes

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 你喝茶还是喝咖啡？Nǐ hē chá háishì hē kāfēi?Would you like tea or coffee?
• 下雨了，我们还是坐车去吧。Xià yǔ le, wǒmen háishì zuò chē qù ba.It is raining — let us take a car after all.

Related words

• 总是siempre
• 还（动词）volver
• 还todavía
• 于是Por lo tanto
• 可是sin embargo
• 是否Si

还是 is pronounced háishì and means “todavía”. This word appears in HSK 3, one level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the proficiency exam most Chinese courses are built around. Passive recognition of 还是 arrives quickly and leaves quickly. Active recall is slower to build and far more durable, so LexiTrail keeps returning the word to you at widening intervals rather than on a timer.