Expressing "or" in statements

Structure

Whilst 还是 is used for "or" in questions, 或者 is used for "or" in statements.

Possibility 1 + 或者 + Possibility 2

Examples

• 我 想 去 青岛 或者 南京。
• 你 去 或者 我 去，都 可以。
• 晚上 的 时候，我 一般 喜欢 喝 啤酒 或者 葡萄酒。

See also

• Offering choices with haishi
• Providing two options with double "huozhe" (advanced article)

Sources and further reading

Books

• Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 74-5) →buy
• Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 257-8) →buy

Websites

• East Asia Student: The difference between 还是 and 或者