义项
用在问句中,表示选择
Offers a choice inside a question: 你喝茶还是喝咖啡? In a statement the word for "or" is 或者 — the two are never interchangeable.
conjunction副词,表示经过比较后的选择
adverb
字形拆解
例句
- 你想喝茶还是喝咖啡?你想喝茶還是喝咖啡?Nǐ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) hē (first tone, high and level) chá (second tone, rising) háishi (second tone, rising) hē (first tone, high and level) kāfēi? (first tone, high and level)···
Would you like tea or coffee?
- 外面下雨,我们还是别出去了。外面下雨,我們還是別出去了。Wàimiàn (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ, (third tone, dipping) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) háishi (second tone, rising) bié (second tone, rising) chūqu (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···
It’s raining outside — we’d better not go out after all.
常见错误
不太对我想喝茶还是咖啡。
正确我想喝茶或者咖啡。
还是 belongs in questions, where it offers the listener a choice. In a statement, where you are the one choosing, "or" is 或者.