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還是

or / still / nevertheless / had better

or / still; nevertheless / had better

Characters and words in 還是

huán = hu + an2

surname Huan

hái = h + ai2

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

huán = hu + an2

to pay back / to return

shì = sh + Ø4

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

shì = sh + Ø4

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

Words with 還是

姓蔣還是姓汪薑還是老的辣

friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])

ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser

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