Providing two options with double "huozhe"

One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者 (huòzhě).

Structure

或者 A ，或者 B

You can use almost anything as the options A and B.

Examples

• 只 有 一 块 蛋糕，或者 你 吃 或者 我 吃。There's only one piece of cake. Either you eat it, or I eat it.
• 你 或者 学 汉语 ， 或者 学 法律，别的就别学了。Either study Chinese or law. Don't study anything else.
• 咱们 或者 去 爬山 或者 泡温泉。Let's either go hiking or go to the hot springs.

See also

• Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"
• Expressing the only two possibilities
• "Or" in statements

Sources and further reading

Books

• 现代汉语八百词（增订本） (pp. 238) [ →buy]

Dictionaries

• 现代汉语词典（第5版） (pp. 623) 卓越汉语－公司实战篇 →buy

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