还是 (還是) háishì

1. háishì adverb still; nevertheless
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 仍然 (CC-CEDICT '還是'; Guoyu '還是' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 2061)
2. háishì adverb had better
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Expressing a preference (CC-CEDICT '還是'; Guoyu '還是' 3)
3. háishì conjunction or
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: 还是 is used in a question to indicate a choice or in a declaritive sentence to indicate uncertainty between two alternatives (CC-CEDICT '還是').
4. háishì conjunction or
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 或者 (Guoyu '還是' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 1892)

Contained in

• 姜还是老的辣(薑還是老的辣) ginger gets spicier as it gets older; the older, the wiser
• 解铃还是系铃人(解鈴還是繫鈴人) the person that tied the bell [to the tiger] should also loosen it

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• 第二回 Chapter 31 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
• 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第二回 Chapter 16 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 81 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5