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  • 1

    adv.still; nevertheless; all the same; may as well; had better; beyond expectation

    • tā hái shi yíng le

      还是

      She won after all.

    • tā hái shi shī bài le

      还是失败

      She failed after all.

    • fèi wu hái shi kě yǐ èr cì lì yòng de

      废物还是可以利用

      Waste materials can still be made use of.

  • 2

    conj.(used in a question to express selection among several choices, placed before each choice except the first where it is optional)or

    • nǐ chī mǐ fàn hái shi chī miàn tiáo

      米饭还是面条

      Do you want rice or noodles?

    • bù lùn shì lǎo hái shi shào wǒ men yī lǜ gōng píng xiāng dài

      不论还是我们一律公平相待

      Old or young, we'll treat fairly.

    • nǐ zǎo shang qù hái shi xià wǔ qù

      早上还是下午

      Are you going in the morning or in the afternoon?

  • 3

    conj.no matter what, how etc.; whether...or...; regardless of

    • wú lùn chàng gē hái shi tiào wǔ tā dōu xíng

      无论唱歌还是跳舞

      Singing or dancing, she is good at them all.

    • bù guǎn tā fù mǔ zěn me shuō tā hái shi jì xù hé nà ge xiǎo huǒ zi yuē huì

      不管父母怎么还是继续那个小伙子约会

      Whatever her parents say, she goes on dating the young man.