汤姆还是不能读书。

Tom still can't read.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=2 还是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
3 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
4 读书 dúshū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school