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If you "still" need help on how to use 还 (hái), then this is the page for you.

还 (hái) can be used to indicate that something is continuing - that it's still a particular way.

Subject + 还 + Verb + Object

Often the auxiliary verb 在 will appear with 还, as it is natural to talk about continuous actions that are still happening.

When you put 不 or 没 after 还 (hái) in a question sentence, it can be used to emphasize the idea of what should be happening in a more idiomatic way.

Subject + 还不 + Verb + Object

你还不去吃饭？ (implying the listener should go to eat)You still haven't eaten?
我对你那么好，你还不高兴？ (implying the listener shouldn't be so glum)I'm so good to you, you're still not happy?
你们 还不 下班？Are you still not off work?
他怎么 还不 来？Why has he still not come?
九点了，为什么 还不 开始？It's nine o'clock, why have we still not started?
你 还不 知道他是什么人？Do you still not know which person he is?
这么大了，还不 结婚？That old and you are still not married?
你 还不 说实话？Are you still not telling the truth?
工作两年了，还不 会用电脑？You've been working for two years already and you still can't use a computer?
还不 发工资，我快没钱了。Still haven't gotten paid, I won't have any money soon.

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	If you "still" need help on how to use 还 (hái), then this is the page for you.		If you "still" need help on how to use 还 (hái), then this is the page for you.