还是 háishi still

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Traditional: 還是

Stroke order

还是 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

还是 — the Chinese character for still (háishi), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 还是 — still

还 — 7 strokes
是 — 9 strokes

Senses

still (as before)
had better
unexpectedly
or

Characters in 还是

还 hái — still; still in progress; still more
是 shì — to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

还是 is pronounced háishi and means “still”.

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