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HSK 3 · VERSION 2.0#25

Offering Choices with “háishì” in Questions

还是

háishì

How it works

还是 is used in questions that offer choices.

The pattern

A + 还是 + B

Example sentences

你喝茶还是喝咖啡?

Nǐ hē chá háishì hē kāfēi?

Do you drink tea or coffee?

我们今天去还是明天去?

Wǒmen jīntiān qù háishì míngtiān qù?

Are we going today or tomorrow?

你想坐地铁还是坐公交车?

Nǐ xiǎng zuò dìtiě háishì zuò gōngjiāochē?

Do you want to take the subway or the bus?

Usage note

Use 还是 in questions, not 或者.

Source: HelloMandarin · Revised edition, 2026 · PDF pp. 131–132.

Old_HSK_1-6_Grammar_Points_2.0.pdf

Old six-level teaching collection. This is an independent learning reference.

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