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| 你 || 要 || 茶 || <em>还是</em> || 咖啡 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want tea or coffee?</span>
 
| 你 || 要 || 茶 || <em>还是</em> || 咖啡 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want tea or coffee?</span>
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| 你 || 要 || 一 个 || <em>还是</em> || 两 个 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want one or two?</span>
 
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| 你 || 是 || 美国人 || <em>还是</em> || 英国人 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Are you American or English?</span>
 
| 你 || 是 || 美国人 || <em>还是</em> || 英国人 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Are you American or English?</span>
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| 他 || 是 || 医生 || <em>还是</em> || 老师 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Is he a doctor or a teacher?</span>
 
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| 你 || 喜欢 || 啤酒 || <em>还是</em> || 葡萄酒 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you like beer or wine?</span>
 
| 你 || 喜欢 || 啤酒 || <em>还是</em> || 葡萄酒 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you like beer or wine?</span>
 
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| 他 || 是 || 医生 || <em>还是</em> || 老师 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Is he a doctor or a teacher?</span>
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| 你 || 喜欢 || 上海 || <em>还是</em> || 北京 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you like Shanghai or Beijing?</span>
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| 你 || 喜欢 || 我 || <em>还是</em> || 他 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you like me or him?</span>
 
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| 你 || 想吃 || 中国菜 || <em>还是</em> || 法国菜 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want to eat Chinese food or French food?</span>
 
| 你 || 想吃 || 中国菜 || <em>还是</em> || 法国菜 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want to eat Chinese food or French food?</span>
 
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| 那 || 是 || 大猫 || <em>还是</em> || 小老虎 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Is that a big cat or a little tiger?</span>
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| 你 || 想去 || 香港 || <em>还是</em> || 泰国 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Do you want to  go to HongKong or Thailand?</span>
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| 这 || 是 || 水 || <em>还是</em> || 酒 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Is this water or wine?</span>
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| 你 || 会说 || 中文 || <em>还是</em> || 英文 || ？|| <span class="spaced">Can you speak Chinese or English?</span>
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Please note that 还是 is for offering options in a ''question''.  It should not be used for "or" in statements (see below).
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Please note that 还是 is for offering options in a ''question''.  It should not be used for [["or" in statements]] (see below).
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [["Or" in statements]]
 
* [["Or" in statements]]
 
* [["Had better" with "haishi"]]
 
* [["Had better" with "haishi"]]

Revision as of 09:48, 3 September 2013

还是 (háishì) is used in Chinese to provide options in a question. This is equivalent to one use of "or" in English.

Structure

Option A + 还是 + Option B ?

You can then put this into all kinds of questions with the following structure:

Subject + Verb + Option A + 还是 + Option B ?

Examples

还是 questions
Subject Verb Option A 还是 Option B Translation
你 要 茶 还是 咖啡 ？ Do you want tea or coffee?
你 要 一 个 还是 两 个 ？ Do you want one or two?
你 是 美国人 还是 英国人 ？ Are you American or English?
他 是 医生 还是 老师 ？ Is he a doctor or a teacher?
你 喜欢 啤酒 还是 葡萄酒 ？ Do you like beer or wine?
你 喜欢 上海 还是 北京 ？ Do you like Shanghai or Beijing?
你 喜欢 我 还是 他 ？ Do you like me or him?
你 想吃 中国菜 还是 法国菜 ？ Do you want to eat Chinese food or French food?
你 想去 香港 还是 泰国 ？ Do you want to go to HongKong or Thailand?
这 是 水 还是 酒 ？ Is this water or wine?
你 会说 中文 还是 英文 ？ Can you speak Chinese or English?

Please note that 还是 is for offering options in a question. It should not be used for "or" in statements (see below).

See also

Sources and Further Reading

Books

Websites

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