還是

還是

See also: 还是

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	be; yes; this
trad. (還是)		還	是
simp. (还是)		还	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ si⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hâi-sǐ / hâi-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: háishì → háishi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.shyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háishi̊h
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: wàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ xi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wäːn²¹ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 環視／环视 還是／还是

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: hâi-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sī
    • Tâi-lô: hâi-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haisi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ¹³⁻²² ɕi²²/

Adverb

還是

1. still

   我還是很喜歡你。 / 我还是很喜欢你。  ―  Wǒ háishì hěn xǐhuan nǐ.  ―  I still like you a lot.

2. nevertheless; yet

   離異家庭到底還是會影響到孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
   离异家庭到底还是会影响到孩子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Líyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin]

   Children from divorced families will be affected in the end.

Synonyms

• (still):

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Synonyms of 還是

仍是 (réngshì) 仍然 (réngrán) 仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù) 依然 (yīrán) 依舊／依旧 (yījiù) 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)

嘛閣／嘛阁 (Min Nan) 猶是／犹是 (Min Nan) 猶然／犹然 (yóurán) 猶自／犹自 (yóuzì) 還／还 (hái) 都係／都系 (Cantonese)

Conjunction

還是

1. or

   你要吃中國菜還是日本料理？ [MSC, trad.]
   你要吃中国菜还是日本料理？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]

   Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?

   無論你想吃中國菜還是日本料理，自助餐都會有你喜歡的。 [MSC, trad.]
   无论你想吃中国菜还是日本料理，自助餐都会有你喜欢的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]

   Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

   你們這次旅遊是自助還是跟團兒啊？ [MSC, trad.]
   你们这次旅游是自助还是跟团儿啊？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen zhèicì lǚyóu shì zìzhù háishi gēntuánr a? [Pinyin]

   For this trip, are you travelling by yourselves or with a tour group?

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, 還是／还是 (when meaning "or") is exclusively used in questions, in which context it replaces the need for 嗎／吗 (ma) as a question word; as well as in some fixed phrases with words like 不管 (bùguǎn) or 無論／无论 (wúlùn). Other senses of the word "or" in English are given by 或者 (huòzhě) (huòzhě) (or 或 (huò) huò), which is only used in statements. For example, "A 或者 B" means "A or B".

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 或是
Mandarin	Beijing	還是
	Taiwan	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定
	Taishan	毋, 毋又
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Dongshi (Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	抑係
Min Nan	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是

See also

• 或 (huò)
• 或者 (huòzhě)