或是
huòshì
conjunctionHSK 5
“Or” in Chinese is 或是 (huòshì).
Meaning
- or
- either one or the other
Example
你可以拿大的盒子或是小的盒子。
You may take either the big box or the small one.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
Characters
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Not to be confused with: 伙食 (huǒshí, food)