Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/还是-háishì

Express "It would be better" with 还是 (háishì)

One of the meaning of 还是 (háishì) in Chinese is "It would be better" or "you would better"

Structure

Subject + 还是 + Action + 吧

吧 is often placed after this structure, as a suggestion to soften the tone.

Examples

• 你 不 会， 还是 我 做 吧。

Nǐ bù huì, háishì wǒ zuò ba.

You do not know how, I'll rather do it.

• 我 饿 了，我们 还是 先 吃饭 吧。

Wǒ èle, wǒmen háishì xiān chīfàn ba.

I'm hungry, we'd better start eating.

• 你 病 了 这么 长 时间，还是 去 医院 吧。

Nǐ bìngle zhème cháng shíjiān,háishì qù yīyuàn ba.

You have been sick a lot of time; You'd better go to a doctor.