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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

还是 [háishi]

1. adverb [仍然] still

尽管很危险，警察们还是冲了进去。

In spite of the danger, the police still rushed on in.
2. adverb [最好] had better

你还是先完成作业吧。

You'd better finish your homework first.
3. conjunction or

你是去巴黎还是去伦敦？

Are you going to Paris or London?

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

还是 [háishi]

1. still; yet; anyhow; anyway

废物还是可以利用。

Waste materials can still be made use of.

这次还是他做我们的向导。

He is still our guide for this trip.
2. expressing a preference for an alternative

天冷了，你还是多穿点儿吧。

It's getting cold, you'd better put on more clothes.
3. expressing realization or discovery

这个人还是真了不起。

This chap is really great.

还是利害的人有办法。

It's the pushing type that gets on.
4. or

你去，还是他去？

Are you going or is he?

先去上海还是先去西安没有最后定。

We haven't decided yet whether we go to Shanghai or Xi'an first.
5. no matter what, how etc.; whether...or...; regardless of

无论唱歌还是跳舞，她都行。

Singing or dancing, she is good at them all.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

还是 [háishi]

1. 副表示动作或状态保持不变，相当于"仍然"

多年不见，他还是那么年轻

虽然路滑难走，我们还是准时到达了。
2. 副表示经过比较、考虑，作出选择(句子多含商量或希望口气)

你比我熟悉情况，这个会还是你去参加吧。
3. 连表示选择(常与"是"呼应，多用于问句)

你是上午走还是下午走？

出国还是留下，你自己决定。
4. 连与"无论(不管、不论)"和"都"配合，表示在列举的范围内都如此

无论城市还是农村，都发生了巨大变化。

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Examples

你还是带上雨衣吧，保险点儿。: You'd better take your raincoat just to be on the safe side.
他讲了半天，我还是不得要领。: He talked at great length, but I just couldn't see what he was driving at.
不久以前，登月旅行还是不可思议的事情。: Travel to the moon was inconceivable until recently.
他说了半天，听的人还是不知所云。: He talked on and on, but the audience couldn't make out what he was driving at.
时间仓促，咱们还是马上出发边走边谈的好。: Time is pressing. We'd better leave right now and talk it over on our way.
这门是朝里开还是朝外开？: Does the door open inwards or outwards?
在稠人广众面前说话，她还是第一回呢。: It was the first time she had ever spoken before such a big audience.
能省的就省，当用的还是得用。: Save what you can, but use what you must.
她现在还是独身。: She's still single.
你还是躲避起来为好。: You had better hide.; 757 more results

Word Decomposition

还 [hái]	+	是 [shì]

nciku Note

Paired conjunctions as Conveyors of alternatives

Paired conjunctions as Conveyors of alternatives

A conjunction is a word or expression that acts as a transition between clauses and phrases in a complex sentence. For example: "不但……而且……" búdàn...érqiě... (not only … but also …), "如果……就……" rúguǒ...jiù... (if… then…), and "总而言之" zǒng'éryánzhī (all in all), where the first clause or phrase is connected to the following clause or phrase by a conjunction.

The paired conjunctions such as "不是……就是……" búshì...jiùshì..., "或者……或者……" huòzhě...huòzhě, "要么……要么……" yàome...yàome..., "是……还是……" shì...háishi indicate alternatives in a complex sentence.
(1) 这本书不是小刘的，就是小王的。
(2) 这本书要么是小刘的，要么是小王的。
(3) 这本书是小刘的，还是小王的？
(4) 这本书或者是小刘的，或者是小王的。

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