Difference between revisions of "Providing two options with double "huozhe""

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One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者. The structure is:
 
One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者. The structure is:
  
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== Structure ==
 
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You can use almost anything as the options A and B. Some examples:
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You can use almost anything as the options A and B.  
  
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== Examples ==
 
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<div class="liju">
* 这 本 书 <em>或者</em> 你 先 看 <em>或者</em> 我 先 看。
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* 我 建议<em>或者</em> 学 汉语 , <em>或者</em> 学 法律 。
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* 只 有 一 块 蛋糕,<em>或者</em> 你 <em>或者</em> 我 吃。
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* <em>或者</em> 学 汉语 , <em>或者</em> 学 法律,别的就别学了。
 
* 咱们 <em>或者</em> 去 爬山 <em>或者</em> 泡温泉。
 
* 咱们 <em>或者</em> 去 爬山 <em>或者</em> 泡温泉。
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*[[Expressing the only two possibilities]]
 
*[[Expressing the only two possibilities]]
 
*[["Or" in statements]]
 
*[["Or" in statements]]
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== Sources and further reading ==
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=== Books ===
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*[[现代汉语八百词(增订本)]] (pp. 238) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1 →buy]
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=== Dictionaries ===
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* [[现代汉语词典(第5版)]] (pp. 623) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1 →buy]
  
 
[[Category:B2 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:B2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|或者|B2|或者……,或者……|<em>或者</em> 学 汉语 , <em>或者</em> 学 法律 。|grammar point|ASGYXI5X}}
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{{Basic Grammar|或者|B2|或者……,或者……|只 有 一 块 蛋糕,<em>或者</em> 你 吃 <em>或者</em> 我 吃。|grammar point|ASGYXI5X}}
 
{{Similar|Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"}}
 
{{Similar|Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"}}
 
{{Similar|Expressing the only two possibilities}}
 
{{Similar|Expressing the only two possibilities}}

Revision as of 09:43, 10 October 2012

One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者. The structure is:

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。
  • 或者 学 汉语 , 或者 学 法律,别的就别学了。
  • 咱们 或者 去 爬山 或者 泡温泉。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

Dictionaries

HSK5