HSK 2 · VERSION 2.0#7

Expressing “And Also” with “hái”

还

hái

How it works

还 can also mean “also,” “in addition,” or “and also.”

Subject + 还 + Verb / Adjective

他会说英语，还会说汉语。

Tā huì shuō Yīngyǔ, hái huì shuō Hànyǔ.

He can speak English and also Chinese.

我买了苹果，还买了香蕉。

Wǒ mǎi le píngguǒ, hái mǎi le xiāngjiāo.

I bought apples and also bananas.

她很漂亮，还很聪明。

Tā hěn piàoliang, hái hěn cōngming.

She is pretty and also smart.

This 还 means “also,” not “still.”