# 还是 (háishi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 还是 (háishi) means “still; or; had better”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: still; or; had better
- Pinyin: háishi (hai2 shi5)
- Traditional: 還是
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 你喝茶还是喝咖啡？
  Nǐ hē chá háishi hē kāfēi?
  Do you drink tea or coffee?

## Characters

- [还](https://hanziro.com/word/hai-still/) (hái): still; also
- [是](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-be/) (shì): to be; is

https://hanziro.com/word/hai-shi-still/

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