还是

háishi

still (as before); had better; unexpectedly

adverbconjunction HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 還是

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

还
是

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

还
  • 还háistillB1
  • 还huánsurname HuanB3
  • 退还tuìhuánto return (sth borrowed etc)B5
  • 归还guīhuánto return sthB6
  • 还原huányuánto restore to the original stateB6
  • 偿还chánghuánto repayB7
  • 返还fǎnhuánrestitutionB7
是

See it in sentences

你还是来了。

You came after all.

喝茶还是喝咖啡？

Tea or coffee?