还是

还是 [hái shi]

1. ■ （仍旧） still; nevertheless; all the same:

尽管如此，还是要谢谢你。 Thank you all the same.

他还是失败了。 He failed after all.

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常用词组

1. ■ （表示希望） had better:

要下雨了，你还是带把伞吧。 It looks like rain, you'd better take an umbrella with you.

2. ■ （表示选择） or:

你早上去，还是下午去? Are you going in the morning or in the afternoon?

3. ■ （表示意外）:

他病了， 但他还是来了。 He was ill, but he came.