还是(hái shi): still (as before)
still (as before)
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 还是 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 还是 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
往返还是单程?
wǎng fǎn huán shì dān chéng
Round trip or one-way?
汤姆还是未婚。
tāng mǔ hái shì wèi hūn
Tom still hasn't tied the knot.
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