Offering choices with "haishi"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

还是 (háishì) is used in Chinese to provide options in a question . This is equivalent to one of our uses of "or" in English. Option A + 还是 + Option B ? When you're asked a question of this form, there are two ways you're expected to answer: either Option A or Option B. (Pick one, but not both.) It's not that no other answers are possible, it's that usually when you're asked a question this way, the person asking expects you to just choose one. For example, if asked if you'd like to drink coffee or tea, most people are going to choose one or the other, not ask for both. 还是 (háishì) is used to ask people to make that choice between the two. You can take the structure above, add a subject and a verb, and create all kinds of questions with the following structure:

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 我还是他？ (wǒ huánshì tā ？): "Am I still him?"
• 一个还是两个？ (yī gè huánshì liǎng gè ？): "One or two?"
• 辣的还是不辣的？ (là de huánshì bù là de ？): "Spicy or not?"
• 冰的还是热的？ (bīng de huánshì rè de ？): "Iced or hot?"
• 上海还是北京？ (shànghǎi huánshì běijīng ？): "Shanghai or Beijing?"

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