或
是

Or in Chinese: 或是 (huò shì)

huò shì

or

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Definitions

  1. 1or
  2. 2either one or the other

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Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄛˋ

huò

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们可以坐车或是走路去。

    wǒ men kě yǐ zuò chē huò shì zǒu lù qù。

    We can go by car or walk there.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

或

huò

maybe

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

或者

huò zhě

or

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

老是

lǎo shi

always

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