还是 - Mandarin word #123

还是

háishì

Traditional: 還是

HSK 2

#123 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

or, still, had better

Stroke order

还

是

？

Are you going or is he going?

。

You had better leave.

。

Let's just forget it.

茶chá？

Do you want tea or coffee?

。

We had better set off earlier.

还是 (hái shì) means or, still, had better. It is used as a conjunction in everyday Mandarin speech.

但是

but, however (formal)

而且

moreover, furthermore, and also

或

or, either...or

可是

but, however, yet

那么

so, then, in that case

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.