义项
连词,表示选择,用于陈述句
Joins two possibilities in a statement: 你可以坐地铁或者走路. In a question that offers a choice, "or" is 还是 — Chinese keeps the two strictly apart.
conjunction
例句
- 你可以坐地铁或者走路去。你可以坐地鐵或者走路去。Nǐ (third tone, dipping) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) dìtiě (fourth tone, falling) huòzhě (fourth tone, falling) zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling) qù. (fourth tone, falling)···
You can take the metro or walk there.
- 星期六或者星期天我都有时间。星期六或者星期天我都有時間。Xīngqīliù (first tone, high and level) huòzhě (fourth tone, falling) xīngqītiān (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping) shíjiān. (second tone, rising)···
I’m free either on Saturday or on Sunday.
常见错误
不太对你喝茶或者喝咖啡?
正确你喝茶还是喝咖啡?
或者 states a possibility; it cannot ask. A question that offers the listener a choice takes 还是 — the mirror image of the mistake learners make with 还是 in statements.