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| − | * 你<em>还</em>不去吃饭？ <span class="expl">(implying the listener should go to eat)</span> | + | * 你<em>还</em>不去吃饭？ <span class="expl">(implying the listener should go to eat)</span><span class="trans">You still won't go eat?</span> |
| − | * 我 对 你 那么 好，你<em>还</em>不高兴？ <span class="expl">(implying the listener shouldn't be so glum)</span> | + | * 我 对 你 那么 好，你<em>还</em>不高兴？ <span class="expl">(implying the listener shouldn't be so glum)</span><span class="trans">I'm that good to you, you're still not happy?</span> |
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Revision as of 03:03, 29 January 2013
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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.
Examples
- 他 还 在 看 书。He is still reading.
- 现在 还 早。It's still early (now).
- 你们 还 小。You are all still young.
- 你 还 在 喝 酒？Are you are still drinking?
还 can also be used in a more idiomatic way to emphasize the idea of what should be happening:
- 你还不去吃饭？ (implying the listener should go to eat)You still won't go eat?
- 我 对 你 那么 好，你还不高兴？ (implying the listener shouldn't be so glum)I'm that good to you, you're still not happy?
Sources and further reading
Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 157) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3) (pp. 103) →buy
