还是
háishi
or (in question)
Part of speech · conjunction
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 你喝茶还是咖啡?Tea or coffee?
- 今天去还是明天去?Going today or tomorrow?
Collocations
还是去还是不A还是B
Mnemonic
还是 háishì has TWO functions: (1) "or" in alternatives QUESTIONS, (2) "still / after all" in statements (我还是去 "I\'ll go anyway"). Context disambiguates.
Quick check
Meaning of 我还是去吧?