Today, let discuss the way to ask an "or" question in Chinese.
还是 hái shì
例：
△ 你喜欢吃饺子还是米饭？（Nǐ xǐ huān chī jiǎo zǐ hái shì mǐ fàn ）
Do you like to eat dumplings or rice?
△ 你明天想看电影还是逛街？（Nǐ míng tiān xiǎng qù kàn diàn yǐng hái shì guàng jiē）
Do you want to watch movie or go shopping tomorrow?
△ 你昨天去了图书馆还是朋友家？（Nǐ zuó tiān qù le tú shū guǎn hái shì péng yǒu jiā）
Did you go to the library or your friend's home yesterday?
※ 还是 can only be used in question but not statement. We use 或者（huò zhě ）instead to express an "or" statement.
○ 我想吃火锅或者拉面。（ Wǒ xiǎng chī huǒ guō huò zhě lā miàn）
I want to eat either hot pot or ramen.
生词：
看电影（kàn diàn yǐng） to watch movie
逛街（guàng jiē）go shopping
火锅（huǒ guō）hot pot
拉面（lā miàn ）ramen
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