# 還是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): háishì
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waan$^4$ si$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hai$^1$ si$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hâi-sǐ / hâi-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huan$^5$ si$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$e-zy; $^6$ghe-zy; $^6$we-zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: háishì → háishi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: háishi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^2$-shih$^5$
*** Yale: hái-shr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.shyh
*** Palladius: хайши (xajši)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^4$ si$^6$
*** Yale: wàahn sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^4$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^4$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn²¹ siː²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$環視／环视 還是／还是
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hai$^1$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: hâi-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sī
*** Tâi-lô: hâi-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haisi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huan$^5$ si$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâⁿ sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$e-zy; $^6$ghe-zy; $^6$we-zy
*** MiniDict: e$^平$ zy; ghe$^去$ zy; we$^去$ zy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$e-zr; $^3$hhe-zr; $^3$hhue-zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/, /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/, /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/

### Adverb

還是
* still
       Wǒ háishì hěn xǐhuan nǐ. [Pinyin]
       I still like you a lot.
       Qíshí wǒ juéde ba, tā háishì tài niánqīng le. [Pinyin]
       Actually, I think he is still too young.
       Xiànzài xíngshì háishì hěn yánjùn na. [Pinyin]
       The current situation is still very grim.
* nevertheless; yet
       Líyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin]
       Children from divorced families will be affected in the end.
* (chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than
       $^6$non $^6$ghe-zy $^6$yi $^6$zan [Wugniu]
       He is taller than you.
* had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
       Zhège tǎolùn háishì yóu nǐ lái zhǔchí. [Pinyin]
       You had better host this discussion.
       Wǒmen háishì xiān tán zhèngshì ba. [Pinyin]
       We'd better discuss proper business first.
       Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]
       I think it's best I leave.

#### Synonyms

* (still):
* 仍 (réng)
* 仍是 (réngshì)
* 仍然 (réngrán)
* 仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù)
* 依然 (yīrán)
* 依舊／依旧 (yījiù)
* 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
* 原徑／原径 ($^6$gnioe-cin) (Wu)
* 嘛閣／嘛阁 (Hokkien)
* 尚 (literary, or in compounds)
* 尚且 (shàngqiě)
* 本本 (Hakka)
* 猶且／犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
* 猶是／犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 猶然／犹然 (yóurán)
* 猶自／犹自 (yóuzì)
* 還／还 (hái)
* 都係／都系 (Cantonese)
* (had better): (colloquial) 頂好／顶好 (dǐnghǎo), 最好 (zuìhǎo), (Hokkien) 上好

### Conjunction

還是
* or
       Nǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]
       Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?
       Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]
       Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.
       Nǐmen zhèicì lǚyóu shì zìzhù háishi gēntuánr a? [Pinyin]
       For this trip, are you travelling by yourselves or with a tour group?

#### Usage notes

* In Mandarin, 還是／还是 (when meaning "or") is exclusively used in questions, in which context it replaces the need for 嗎／吗 (ma) as a question word; as well as in some fixed phrases with words like 不管 (bùguǎn) or 無論／无论 (wúlùn). Other senses of the word "or" in English are given by 或者 (huòzhě) (or 或 (huò)), which is only used in statements. For example, "A 或者 B" means "A or B".

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 抑, 或 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抑或, 還是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 還是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 還是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 還是 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 定係, 定 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毋, 毋又, 抑或 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 定, 定係 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 還是 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 抑係 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 還是 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 故是 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 抑是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 還是 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 還是 |

#### See also

* 或 (huò)
* 或者 (huòzhě)