Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Conjunctions

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Conjunctions

Disjunction

还是

háishì

or (only one alternative possible)

一点钟还是两点钟 ?

yī diăn zhōng háishì liăng diăn zhōng?

At 1 o'clock or at 2 o'clock?

或者

huòzhě

or (both alternatives possible)

我想买茶或者水 ◦

wŏ xiăng măi chá huòzhě shuĭ.

I would like to order tea or water.

Contrast

可是

kě shì

but

他是中国人可是他英文说得很好 ◦

tā shì Zhōnguó rén kě shì tā yīngwén shuō de hěn hăo.

He is Chinese, but he speaks English very well.