Providing two options with double "huozhe"
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Keywords
One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者 (huòzhě).
Structure
或者 A ,或者 B
The options A and B are generally verb phrases.
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.
- 咱们 或者 今天 去 或者 明天 去,一定 要 去。We can either go today or tomorrow, we must go.
- 你 或者 买 这个 或者 买 那个,其他的 都 不 好看。You can buy this one or that one. The others are not good.
- 他 穿得 很 正式, 或者 是 老板, 或者 是 经理 吧。He is dressed very formally, or maybe he is the boss, or the manager.
- 我 想 了 很久,这个 答案 或者 是 三十, 或者 是 四十,对不对?I've been thinking about this for a long time. The answer is either thirty or forty, right?
- 要是 你 喜欢 这 本 书, 或者 借给 你 看 两天, 或者 送给 你 也 行。If you like the book, maybe I can lend it to you for a couple of days, or maybe I can give it to you.
- 只要 你 有 需要, 或者 给 我 发 邮件, 或者 给 我 打 电话。If you need anything, you can email me or call me.
- 关于 旅游,我 想了 两 个 计划,我们 或者 去 山西 或者 去 云南,你觉得呢?As for travel, I have two plans in mind, we can either go to Shanxi or Yunnan, what do you think?
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