还 hái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 不 no, not, un-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
还是
háishi
still; or (in questions)
Characters in this word
是 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你喝茶还是咖啡？ Nǐ hē chá háishi kāfēi? Would you like tea or coffee?
- 我们坐车还是走路？ Wǒmen zuò chē háishì zǒulù? Shall we drive or walk?
- 他是老师还是医生？ Tā shì lǎoshī háishì yīshēng? Is he a teacher or a doctor?
Related words
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 还 huán to give back, to return
- 是 shì to be; yes
- 是不是 shìbushì is it or not? (tag question)
- 干什么 gànshénme what for? what are you doing?
- 怎么 zěnme how; why
- 哪些 nǎxiē which ones
- 哪儿 nǎr where
- 哪里 nǎlǐ where; not at all (modest reply)
- 哪 nǎ which
- 那些 nàxiē those