How to say 還

  • Traditional characters: 還
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): hái
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄏㄞˊ
  • Meaning: still / also

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

還 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

台南？現在七月欸，台南比台北還熱！

Tái nán xiàn zài qī yuè èi Tái nán bǐ Tái běi hái rè

Tainan? It's July — Tainan is even hotter than Taipei!

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

明天我還要來。

míng tiān wǒ hái yào lái

I'm coming back tomorrow.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

哇，那還考慮什麼？

wā nà hái kǎo lǜ shén me

Wow — what's there to think about?

From the story 要不要換工作 (Should I Change Jobs?)

等一下，你剛剛不是說「那還考慮什麼」嗎？

děng yí xià nǐ gāng gāng bú shì shuō nà hái kǎo lǜ shén me ma

Hang on — didn't you just say 'what's there to think about'?

From the story 要不要換工作 (Should I Change Jobs?)

可是雞排很好吃，我還是把它吃完了。士林夜市，我明天還要去。

kě shì jī pái hěn hǎo chī wǒ hái shì bǎ tā chī wán le Shì lín Yè shì wǒ míng tiān hái yào qù

But the cutlet was delicious, and I finished it anyway. Shilin Night Market — I'm going back tomorrow.

From the story 士林夜市 (Shilin Night Market)

Where 還 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Sentence Basics
  • Lesson: Where, Or, Also
  • Taught just before: 再
  • Taught just after: 我要一杯珍珠奶茶