"還是" meaning in Chinese

See 還是 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²¹ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/, /waːn²¹ siː²²/, /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/, /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/, /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/, /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/, /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/, /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/, /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/, /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: háishì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hai¹ si³ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], hâi-sǐ [Hokkien, POJ], hâi-sī [Hokkien, POJ], huan⁵ si⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy, háishì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], háishi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], háishi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hai²-shih⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hái-shr [Mandarin, Yale], hair.shyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хайши [Mandarin, Palladius], xajši [Mandarin, Palladius], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], wàahn sih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wan⁴ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hai¹ si³ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], hâi-sǐ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hâi-sī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], haisi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], huâⁿ sĭ [POJ, Teochew], ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy [Wu], e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy [Wu], ¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr [Wu], /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/ [Wu], /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu], /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 還是
  1. still
    Sense id: en-還是-zh-adv-lOhWbd~B
  2. nevertheless; yet
    Sense id: en-還是-zh-adv-kQrUyrOx
  3. (chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than Tags: Wu
    Sense id: en-還是-zh-adv-g35K6EP8 Categories (other): Wu Chinese
  4. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to Synonyms (had better): 頂好 (dǐnghǎo) [colloquial], 顶好 (dǐnghǎo) [colloquial], 最好 (zuìhǎo), 上好 [Hokkien]
    Sense id: en-還是-zh-adv-dwVtc9X8 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 0 23 24 52 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 31 5 64 0 Disambiguation of 'had better': 0 14 3 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (réng), 仍是 (réngshì), 仍然 (réngrán), 仍舊 (réngjiù), 仍旧 (réngjiù), 依然 (yīrán), 依舊 (yījiù), 依旧 (yījiù), 兀自 (wùzì) [archaic, dialectal], 原徑 [Wu], 原径 (3nyyoe-jin) [Wu], 嘛閣 [Hokkien], 嘛阁 [Hokkien], [in-compounds, literary], 尚且 (shàngqiě), 猶且 (yóuqiě) [literary], 犹且 (yóuqiě) [literary], 猶是 [Hokkien, Teochew], 犹是 [Hokkien, Teochew], 猶然 (yóurán), 犹然 (yóurán), 猶自 (yóuzì), 犹自 (yóuzì), (hái), (hái), 都係 [Cantonese], 都系 [Cantonese]

Conjunction

IPA: /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²¹ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/, /waːn²¹ siː²²/, /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/, /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/, /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/, /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/, /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/, /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/, /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/, /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: háishì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hai¹ si³ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], hâi-sǐ [Hokkien, POJ], hâi-sī [Hokkien, POJ], huan⁵ si⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy, háishì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], háishi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], háishi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hai²-shih⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hái-shr [Mandarin, Yale], hair.shyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хайши [Mandarin, Palladius], xajši [Mandarin, Palladius], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], wàahn sih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waan⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wan⁴ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hai¹ si³ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], hâi-sǐ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hâi-sī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], haisi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], huâⁿ sĭ [POJ, Teochew], ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy [Wu], e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy [Wu], ¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr [Wu], /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/ [Wu], /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu], /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 還是
  1. or Related terms: (huò), 或者 (huòzhě)
    Sense id: en-還是-zh-conj-cXVRejcL Synonyms: [Classical-Chinese], [Classical-Chinese], 抑或 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 還是 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 還是 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 還是 [Mandarin, Yangzhou], 還是 [Mandarin, Singapore], 定係 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 定係 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 抑或 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 抑或係 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 定抑或 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 定抑或係 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 還是 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 定還是 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 定還是係 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Taishan], 毋又 [Cantonese, Taishan], 抑或 [Cantonese, Taishan], [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 定係 [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 還是 [Gan, Nanchang], 還係 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 也係 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 還係 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 也係 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 還係 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 也係 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 還係 [Hakka, Taichung], 也係 [Hakka, Taichung], 抑係 [Hakka, Yunlin], 還是 [Huizhou, Jixi], 故是 [Fuzhou], 抑是 [Xiamen], [Xiamen], 抑是 [Quanzhou], [Quanzhou], 抑是 [Zhangzhou], [Zhangzhou], 抑是 [Taipei], 抑是 [Hokkien, Penang], 抑是 [Hokkien, Singapore], 抑是 [Hokkien, Manila], 抑是 [Chaozhou], 抑是 [Singapore, Teochew], 還是 [Wu, Shanghai], 還是 [Xiang, Loudi]

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I still like you a lot.",
          "ref": "我還是很喜歡你。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我还是很喜欢你。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ háishì hěn xǐhuan nǐ. [Pinyin]",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Actually, I think he is still too young.",
          "ref": "其實我覺得吧,他還是太年輕了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "其实我觉得吧,他还是太年轻了。 [MSC, simp.]\nQíshí wǒ juéde ba, tā háishì tài niánqīng le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The current situation is still very grim.",
          "ref": "現在形勢還是很嚴峻哪。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "现在形势还是很严峻哪。 [MSC, simp.]\nXiànzài xíngshì háishì hěn yánjùn na. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Children from divorced families will be affected in the end.",
          "ref": "離異家庭到底還是會影響到孩子。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "离异家庭到底还是会影响到孩子。 [MSC, simp.]\nLíyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "He is taller than you.",
          "ref": "儂還是伊長。 [Shanghainese, trad.]",
          "text": "侬还是伊长。 [Shanghainese, simp.]\n⁶non ⁶ghe-zy ⁶yi ⁶zan [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
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        "(chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than"
      ],
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          "_dis": "0 31 5 64 0",
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        {
          "english": "You had better host this discussion.",
          "ref": "這個討論還是由你來主持。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这个讨论还是由你来主持。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhège tǎolùn háishì yóu nǐ lái zhǔchí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We'd better discuss proper business first.",
          "ref": "我們還是先談正事吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我们还是先谈正事吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒmen háishì xiān tán zhèngshì ba. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think it's best I leave.",
          "ref": "要不我,我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "要不我,我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nYàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to"
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          "_dis1": "0 14 3 83",
          "roman": "dǐnghǎo",
          "sense": "had better",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "頂好"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 3 83",
          "roman": "dǐnghǎo",
          "sense": "had better",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "顶好"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 3 83",
          "roman": "zuìhǎo",
          "sense": "had better",
          "word": "最好"
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          "_dis1": "0 14 3 83",
          "sense": "had better",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "上好"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai²-shih⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-shr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hair.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haisi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huâⁿ sĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "réng",
      "word": "仍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "réngshì",
      "word": "仍是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "réngrán",
      "word": "仍然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "réngjiù",
      "word": "仍舊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "réngjiù",
      "word": "仍旧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīrán",
      "word": "依然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yījiù",
      "word": "依舊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yījiù",
      "word": "依旧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wùzì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "兀自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原徑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原径 (3nyyoe-jin)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "嘛閣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "嘛阁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngqiě",
      "word": "尚且"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuqiě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "猶且"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuqiě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "犹且"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "猶是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "犹是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóurán",
      "word": "猶然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóurán",
      "word": "犹然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuzì",
      "word": "猶自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yóuzì",
      "word": "犹自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hái",
      "word": "還"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hái",
      "word": "还"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "都係"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "都系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還是"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "還是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?",
          "ref": "你要吃中國菜還是日本料理? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你要吃中国菜还是日本料理? [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.",
          "ref": "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.]",
          "text": "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.]\nWúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "For this trip, are you travelling by yourselves or with a tour group?",
          "ref": "你們這次旅遊是自助還是跟團兒啊? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你们这次旅游是自助还是跟团儿啊? [MSC, simp.]\nNǐmen zhèicì lǚyóu shì zìzhù háishi gēntuánr a? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "id": "en-還是-zh-conj-cXVRejcL",
      "links": [
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "huò",
          "word": "或"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòzhě",
          "word": "或者"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "抑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "或"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "抑或"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Yangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "定係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "抑或"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "抑或係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定抑或"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定抑或係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "定還是係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "毋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "毋又"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Taishan"
          ],
          "word": "抑或"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "定係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Gan",
            "Nanchang"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "還係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "也係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "還係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "也係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "還係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "也係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "還係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "也係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
          ],
          "word": "抑係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Huizhou",
            "Jixi"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Fuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "故是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "抑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "抑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "抑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taipei"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Penang"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chaozhou"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "抑是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang",
            "Loudi"
          ],
          "word": "還是"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai²-shih⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-shr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hair.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haisi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huâⁿ sĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還是"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "還是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I still like you a lot.",
          "ref": "我還是很喜歡你。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我还是很喜欢你。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ háishì hěn xǐhuan nǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Actually, I think he is still too young.",
          "ref": "其實我覺得吧,他還是太年輕了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "其实我觉得吧,他还是太年轻了。 [MSC, simp.]\nQíshí wǒ juéde ba, tā háishì tài niánqīng le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The current situation is still very grim.",
          "ref": "現在形勢還是很嚴峻哪。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "现在形势还是很严峻哪。 [MSC, simp.]\nXiànzài xíngshì háishì hěn yánjùn na. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "still"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still#Adverb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Children from divorced families will be affected in the end.",
          "ref": "離異家庭到底還是會影響到孩子。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "离异家庭到底还是会影响到孩子。 [MSC, simp.]\nLíyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nevertheless; yet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nevertheless",
          "nevertheless"
        ],
        [
          "yet",
          "yet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wu Chinese",
        "Wu terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is taller than you.",
          "ref": "儂還是伊長。 [Shanghainese, trad.]",
          "text": "侬还是伊长。 [Shanghainese, simp.]\n⁶non ⁶ghe-zy ⁶yi ⁶zan [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form comparative structures; -er than"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You had better host this discussion.",
          "ref": "這個討論還是由你來主持。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这个讨论还是由你来主持。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhège tǎolùn háishì yóu nǐ lái zhǔchí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We'd better discuss proper business first.",
          "ref": "我們還是先談正事吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我们还是先谈正事吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒmen háishì xiān tán zhèngshì ba. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think it's best I leave.",
          "ref": "要不我,我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "要不我,我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nYàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "had better",
          "had better"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai²-shih⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-shr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hair.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haisi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huâⁿ sĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "réng",
      "word": "仍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "réngshì",
      "word": "仍是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "réngrán",
      "word": "仍然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "réngjiù",
      "word": "仍舊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "réngjiù",
      "word": "仍旧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīrán",
      "word": "依然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yījiù",
      "word": "依舊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yījiù",
      "word": "依旧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wùzì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "兀自"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原徑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原径 (3nyyoe-jin)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "嘛閣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "嘛阁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngqiě",
      "word": "尚且"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuqiě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "猶且"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuqiě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "犹且"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "猶是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "犹是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóurán",
      "word": "猶然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóurán",
      "word": "犹然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuzì",
      "word": "猶自"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuzì",
      "word": "犹自"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hái",
      "word": "還"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hái",
      "word": "还"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "都係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "都系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǐnghǎo",
      "sense": "had better",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "頂好"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǐnghǎo",
      "sense": "had better",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "顶好"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuìhǎo",
      "sense": "had better",
      "word": "最好"
    },
    {
      "sense": "had better",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上好"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還是"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "還是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "huò",
      "word": "或"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòzhě",
      "word": "或者"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?",
          "ref": "你要吃中國菜還是日本料理? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你要吃中国菜还是日本料理? [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.",
          "ref": "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.]",
          "text": "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.]\nWúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "For this trip, are you travelling by yourselves or with a tour group?",
          "ref": "你們這次旅遊是自助還是跟團兒啊? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你们这次旅游是自助还是跟团儿啊? [MSC, simp.]\nNǐmen zhèicì lǚyóu shì zìzhù háishi gēntuánr a? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "háishi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai²-shih⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-shr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hair.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâi-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haisi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huâⁿ sĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^平 zy; ghe^去 zy; we^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai¹³⁻²² si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "或"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抑或"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "定係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "抑或"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "抑或係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定抑或"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定抑或係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "定還是係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "毋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "毋又"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
      ],
      "word": "抑或"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "定係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "還係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "也係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "還係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "也係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "還係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "也係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "還係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "也係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "還係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "也係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "抑係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "故是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "抑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "抑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chaozhou"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "抑是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi"
      ],
      "word": "還是"
    }
  ],
  "word": "還是"
}

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