還是

See also: 还是

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	be; yes; this
trad. (還是)		還	是
simp. (还是)		还	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háishì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hâi-sǐ / hâi-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: háishì → háishi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.shyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: waan⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: wàahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn²¹ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    環視／环视
    還是／还是
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: hâi-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sī
  - Tâi-lô: hâi-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haisi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ¹³⁻²² ɕi²²/

Adverb

還是

still
nevertheless; yet

Synonyms

還／还 (huán)
仍然 (réngrán)
仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù)
仍是 (réngshì)
兀自 (wùzì)
依然 (yīrán)
猶然／犹然 (yóurán)
猶自／犹自 (yóuzì)
(Min Nan) 猶是／犹是

Conjunction

還是

or

你要吃中國菜還是日本料理？ [MSC, trad.]
你要吃中国菜还是日本料理？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]
Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?

無論你想吃中國菜還是日本料理，自助餐都會有你喜歡的。 [MSC, trad.]
无论你想吃中国菜还是日本料理，自助餐都会有你喜欢的。 [MSC, simp.]
Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]
No matter if you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

Usage notes

While 還是／还是 (when meaning "or") is exclusively used in questions and in phrases with words like 不管 (bùguǎn) or 無論／无论 (wúlùn), its synonym 或者 (huòzhě) (or 或 (huò)) is only used in statements.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或、或是
Mandarin	Beijing	還是
Mandarin	Taiwan	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係、定
	Hong Kong	定係、定
	Taishan	毋、毋又
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係、也係
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	還係、也係
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	還係、也係
	Dongshi (Dabu)	還係、也係
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	還係、也係
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	抑係
Min Nan	Xiamen	抑是、抑
	Quanzhou	抑是、抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是、抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是

See also

或 (huò)
或者 (huòzhě)

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