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  2. <p>One of the ways to use 还是 (háishì) is to have it mean &quot;you had better,&quot; similar to how in English we may say &quot;I think you had better start on your homework.&quot;</p>
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  3. <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
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  4. <p>还是 as an <a href="adverbs" title="wikilink">adverb</a> can express &quot;had better&quot; or &quot;it would be better to.&quot; The idea is that the speaker has given the matter some thought, and after considering it, has finally come to a decision. The announcement of this decision will frequently include 还是, and it usually comes before a verb or a subject.</p>
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  6. <p>Subj. + 还是 + [Verb Phrase] + 吧</p>
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  8. <p>吧 is often placed after this structure, <a href="Softening_speech_with_&quot;ba&quot;" title="wikilink">as it's a suggestion</a>.</p>
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  9. <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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  12. <li><em>还是</em> 明天 去 吧 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Háishì</em> míngtiān qù ba.</span><span class="trans">We'd better go tomorrow.</span></li>
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  13. <li><em>还是</em> 让 她 进来 吧 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Háishì</em> ràng tā jìnlái ba.</span><span class="trans">We'd better let her come in.</span></li>
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  14. <li>你 <em>还是</em> 快点 走 吧 。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>háishì</em> kuài diǎn zǒu ba.</span><span class="trans">You'd better leave now.</span></li>
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  15. <li>我们 <em>还是</em> 帮帮 他 吧 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen <em> háishì</em> bāngbang tā ba.</span><span class="trans">We'd better help him.</span></li>
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  16. <li>太 晚 了 ，<em>还是</em> 先 回家 吧 。<span class="pinyin">Tài wǎn le, <em>háishì</em> xiān huíjiā ba.</span><span class="trans">It's too late. We'd better go home now.</span></li>
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  17. <li>这里 太 脏 了，我们 <em>还是</em> 走 吧 。<span class="pinyin">Zhèlǐ tài zāng le, wǒmen <em>háishì</em> zǒu ba.</span><span class="trans">It's too dirty here; we'd better leave.</span></li>
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  18. <li>快 迟到 了 ，我们 <em>还是</em> 打车 吧 。<span class="pinyin">Kuài chídào le, wǒmen <em>háishì</em> dǎchē ba.</span><span class="trans">We're running late. Let's take a taxi.</span></li>
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  21. <p>When the part after 还是 is a negative verb phrase, it's OK to drop the 吧 at the end.</p>
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  24. <li>太 贵 了 ，<em>还是</em> 别 买 了 。<span class="pinyin">Tài guì le, <em>háishì</em> bié mǎi le.</span><span class="trans">It's too expensive. You'd better not buy it.</span></li>
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  25. <li>她 不 想 说 ，<em>还是</em> 不要 再 问 了 。<span class="pinyin">Tā bù xiǎng shuō, <em>háishì</em> bùyào zài wèn le.</span><span class="trans">She doesn't want to say anything. We'd better stop asking.</span></li>
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  26. <li>他 一定 不 同意 ，<em>还是</em> 别 跟 他 说 了 。<span class="pinyin">Tā yīdìng bù tóngyì, <em>háishì</em> bié gēn tā shuō le.</span><span class="trans">He will definitely disagree. We'd better not tell him.</span></li>
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  29. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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  31. <li><a href="Offering_choices_with_haishi" title="wikilink">Offering choices with haishi</a></li>
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  32. <li><a href="&quot;Yinggai&quot;_for_should" title="wikilink">&quot;Yinggai&quot; for should</a></li>
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  33. <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;how_about&quot;_with_&quot;yaobu&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing &quot;how about&quot; with &quot;yaobu&quot;</a></li>
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  35. <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
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  36. <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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  38. <li><a href="Chinese:_An_Essential_Grammar,_Second_Edition" title="wikilink">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition</a> (pp. 144) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0415372615">→buy</a></li>
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  39. <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd_ed)" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed)</a> (pp. 259-60)　<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276385">→buy</a></li>
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  40. <li><a href="New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(新实用汉语课本4)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (pp. 103) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=7561913192">→buy</a></li>
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  41. <li><a href="卓越汉语－公司实战篇" class="uri" title="wikilink">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</a> (p. 211) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/%E5%8D%93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87-%E8%83%A1%E7%81%B5%E5%9D%87/dp/B003QZWQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347863170&amp;sr=8-1">→buy</a></li>
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  55. <p><a href="Category:B1_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:B1 grammar points</a> <a href="Category:_Adverbs" title="wikilink">Category: Adverbs</a></p>
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