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Expressing "had better" with "haishi"
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Similar to
- [Offering choices with
"haishi"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Offering_choices_with_%22haishi%22) (A1)
- [Expressing "should" with
"yinggai"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22should%22_with_%22yinggai%22) (A2)
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"zuihao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22had_better%22_with_%22zuihao%22) (B1)
- [Expressing "how about" with
"yaobu"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22how_about%22_with_%22yaobu%22) (B1)
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Used for
[Expressing
quality](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_quality),
[Expressing
obligations](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_obligations)
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Keywords
[还是](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF),
[还](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E8%BF%98),
[是](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E6%98%AF),
[吧](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E5%90%A7)
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Translations
[had
better](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Had_better)
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Contents
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- [1
Structure](#Structure "wikilink")
- [2
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [3 See
also](#See_also "wikilink")
- [4 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
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Books](#Books "wikilink")
Subj. + 还是 + \[Verb Phrase\] + 吧
吧 is often placed after this structure, [as it's a
suggestion](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Softening_speech_with_%22ba%22).
Examples
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- *还是* 明天 去 吧 。*Háishì* míngtiān qù
ba.We'd better go tomorrow.
- *还是* 让 她 进来 吧 。*Háishì* ràng tā jìnlái
ba.We'd better let her come in.
- 你 *还是* 快点 走 吧 。Nǐ *háishì* kuài diǎn
zǒu ba.You'd better leave now.
- 我们 *还是* 帮帮 他 吧 。Wǒmen *háishì*
bāngbang tā ba.We'd better help
him.
- 太 晚 了 ，*还是* 先 回家 吧 。Tài wǎn le,
*háishì* xiān huíjiā ba.It's too late.
We'd better go home now.
- 这里 太 脏 了，我们 *还是* 走 吧 。Zhèlǐ tài
zāng le, wǒmen *háishì* zǒu ba.It's too
dirty here; we'd better leave.
- 快 迟到 了 ，我们 *还是* 打车 吧 。Kuài chídào
le, wǒmen *háishì* dǎchē ba.We're
running late. Let's take a taxi.
When the part after 还是 is a negative verb phrase, it's OK to drop the
吧 at the end.
- 太 贵 了 ，*还是* 别 买 了 。Tài guì le,
*háishì* bié mǎi le.It's too expensive.
You'd better not buy it.
- 她 不 想 说 ，*还是* 不要 再 问 了 。Tā bù
xiǎng shuō, *háishì* bùyào zài wèn le.She
doesn't want to say anything. We'd better stop asking.
- 他 一定 不 同意 ，*还是* 别 跟 他 说 了 。Tā
yīdìng bù tóngyì, *háishì* bié gēn tā shuō
le.He will definitely disagree. We'd
better not tell him.
See also
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- [Offering choices with
haishi](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Offering_choices_with_haishi)
- ["Yinggai" for
should](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%22Yinggai%22_for_should)
- [Expressing "how about" with
"yaobu"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22how_about%22_with_%22yaobu%22)
Sources and further reading
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