| 我 | 还 | 在 | 这 | 儿 | 。 |
| wǒ | hái | zài | zhè | ér | _ |
| I | still | at | this | child | _ |
| I, me, my | still, in addition, else | be at, be in, be on, be doing, 1st part: when,while | here | 。 | |
| I am still here. | |||||
| 我 | 还 | 不 | 在 | 那 | 儿 | 。 |
| wǒ | hái | bù | zài | nà | ér | _ |
| I | still | not | at | that | child | _ |
| I, me, my | still, in addition, else | no, not, after negative question: yes | there | 。 | ||
| I am still not there (= I am not there yet). | ||||||
| 我 | 买 | 书 | ， | 还 | 买 | 茶 | 。 |
| wǒ | mǎi | shū | _ | hái | mǎi | chá | _ |
| I | buy | book | _ | still | buy | tea | _ |
| I, me, my | buy | book | ， | still, in addition, else | buy | tea | 。 |
| I buy a book and also tea. | |||||||
| 你 | 还 | 买 | 什 | 么 | ？ |
| nǐ | hái | mǎi | shén | me | _ |
| you | still | buy | what? | suffix | _ |
| you | still, in addition, else | buy | what?, what kind of?, any | ？ | |
| What else do you buy? | |||||