What does 还是 mean in Chinese?

还是 (hái shi) means "still; or" in Chinese.

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Q: How do you use 还是 in a sentence?

你喝茶还是咖啡？ (Nǐ hē chá háishi kāfēi?) — Tea or coffee?

Pinyin: hái shi

still; or

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你喝茶还是咖啡？

Nǐ hē chá háishi kāfēi?

Tea or coffee?

What 还是 means

还是 (hái shi) is a Chinese word meaning “still; or”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 3

啊 a interjection; yeah 把 bǎ object marker; to hold 被 bèi passive marker (by) 必须 bì xū must 才 cái only then; just 当然 dāng rán of course 地 de adverbial particle 而且 ér qiě moreover 多么 duō me how (exclamatory) 根据 gēn jù according to 关于 guān yú about; regarding 几乎 jī hū almost

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