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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 还是
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 还是 | hái shi | - still (as before) - had better - unexpectedly - or |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 206 | 116 | 74 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 还 | huán | - surname Huan |
| 还 | hái | - still - still in progress - still more - yet - even more - in addition - fairly - passably (good) - as early as - even - also - else |
| 还 | huán | - to pay back - to return |
| 是 | shì | - to be (followed by substantives only) - correct; right; true - (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well - (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 | shì | - variant of 是[shi4] |
Other Words Containing 还是
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 还是 | 3 | 1 | 206 | 116 | 74 |