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Jyutping waak6 si6
Pinyin huò shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    may be; perhaps is
    (syn.) 或許是, 或许是, 也許是, 也许是
  2. conj
    either ... or ...; or
    (syn.) 要麼, 一系, 要么, 一係, 要不
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #353
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    仍有在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠的父母,他们担心如何偿还按揭月供、付医药费或是存够钱让孩子上大学。
    仍有在孩子熟睡後仍難以入眠的父母,他們擔心如何償還按揭月供、付醫藥費或是存夠錢讓孩子上大學。
    réng yǒu zài hái zi shú shuì hòu réng nán yǐ rù mián de fù mǔ , tā men dān xīn rú hé cháng huán àn jiē yuè gōng 、 fù yī yào fèi huò shì cún gòu qián ràng hái zi shàng dà xué 。
    • There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education.
  2. Mandarin
    你可以拿大的盒子或是小的盒子。
    你可以拿大的盒子或是小的盒子。
    nǐ kě yǐ ná dà de hé zi huò shì xiǎo de hé zi 。
    • You may take either the big box or the small one.
  3. Mandarin
    所有史蒂夫的工作不是无聊就是非高薪或是两者兼而有之。
    所有史蒂夫的工作不是無聊就是非高薪或是兩者兼而有之。
    suǒ yǒu shǐ dì fū de gōng zuò bú shi wú liáo jiù shì fēi gāo xīn huò shì liǎng zhě jiān ér yǒu zhī 。
    • All of Steve's jobs were boring or not well-paid or both.
  4. Mandarin
    在美国,当你进入餐厅时,你可选择坐在吸烟区或是禁烟区。
    在美國,當你進入餐廳時,你可選擇坐在吸煙區或是禁煙區。
    zài měi guó , dāng nǐ jìn rù cān tīng shí , nǐ kě xuǎn zé zuò zài xī yān qū huò shì jìn yān qū 。
    • In the U.S., you have the option, when you enter a restaurant, to sit in the smoking or non-smoking section.
  5. Mandarin
    我们在书中认识的人可以带给我们愉悦或是他们与我们生活中挚爱的朋友相似,或是因为他们是我们所不熟悉却乐于结识的人。
    我們在書中認識的人可以帶給我們愉悦或是他們與我們生活中摯愛的朋友相似,或是因為他們是我們所不熟悉卻樂於結識的人。
    wǒ men zài shū zhōng rèn shi de rén kě yǐ dài gěi wǒ men yú yuè huò shì tā men yǔ wǒ men shēng huó zhōng zhì ài de péng you xiāng sì , huò shì yīn wèi tā men shì wǒ men suǒ bù shú xī què lè yú jié shí de rén 。
    • The people we meet in books can delight us either because they resemble the friends we hold dear in real life, or because they are unfamiliar people that we are pleased to get to know.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    音乐,是inhouse让人流连忘返的主元素,这里没有LKK的摇滚或SPP的Disco,而是播放带着Chillout曲风的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
    音樂,是inhouse讓人流連忘返的主元素,這裏沒有LKK的搖滾或SPP的Disco,而是播放帶着Chillout曲風的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
    yīn yuè , shì inhouse ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn de zhǔ yuán sù , zhè lǐ méi yǒu LKK de yáo gǔn huò SPP de Disco , ér shì bō fàng dài zhe Chillout qǔ fēng de Jazz , r5 & B , RAP huò shì NEW a ge .
    • Music is the main element to inhouse that makes you lose all track of time and not want to leave. There is no geriatric rock or cheesy disco here. Instead, they play Jazz, R&B, RAP or New Age songs that have a chillout vibe to them.
  2. Mandarin
    音乐,是inhouse让人流连忘返的主元素,这里没有LKK的摇滚或SPP的Disco,而是播放带著Chillout曲风的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
    音樂,是inhouse讓人流連忘返的主元素,這裏沒有LKK的搖滾或SPP的Disco,而是播放帶著Chillout曲風的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
    yīn yuè , shì inhouse ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn de zhǔ yuán sù , zhè lǐ méi yǒu LKK de yáo gǔn huò SPP de Disco , ér shì bō fàng dài zhù Chillout qū fēng de Jazz , r5 & B , RAP huò shì NEW a ge .
    • Music is the main element to inhouse that makes you lose all track of time and not want to leave. There is no geriatric rock or cheesy disco here. Instead, they play Jazz, R&B, RAP or New Age songs that have a chillout vibe to them.
  3. Mandarin
    猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的烧红 / 在深夜的莽丛, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘画你的骇人的雄厚?
    猛虎,猛虎,火焰似的燒紅 / 在深夜的莽叢, / 何等神明的巨眼或是手 / 能擘畫你的駭人的雄厚?
    měng hǔ , měng hǔ , huǒ yàn shì de shāo hóng / zài shēn yè de mǎng cóng , / hé děng shén míng de jù yǎn huò shì shǒu / néng bò huà nǐ de hài rén de xióng hòu ?
    • Tyger Tyger. burning bright, / In the forests of the night; / What immortal hand or eye. / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
  4. Mandarin
    在这里,人与天是平等和谐的,这就是说,它是泛自然神论或是无神论的,这是中国人文思想的一大特色。
    在這裏,人與天是平等和諧的,這就是説,它是泛自然神論或是無神論的,這是中國人文思想的一大特色。
    zài zhè lǐ , rén yǔ tiān shì píng děng hé xié de , zhè jiù shì shuō , tā shì fàn zì rán shén lùn huò shì wú shén lùn de , zhè shì zhōng guó rén wén sī xiǎng de yī dà tè sè .
    • Here, there is a harmony between man and the divine, and they are equal, that is to say, it is either Pandeism or atheism, which is a major feature of Chinese philosophical thought.
  5. Mandarin
    擡头有电烤箱或是微波烤箱,烤鸡烤鸭烤盆菜,烘糕烘点烘面包,自动控制,不虞烧焦。
    抬頭有電烤箱或是微波烤箱,烤雞烤鴨烤盆菜,烘糕烘點烘麪包,自動控制,不虞燒焦。
    tái tóu yǒu diàn kǎo xiāng huò shì wēi bō kǎo xiāng , kǎo jī kǎo yā kǎo pén cài , hōng gāo hōng diǎn hōng miàn bāo , zì dòng kòng zhì , bù yú shāo jiāo .
    • There would be an electric oven or microwave oven right above your head; whether it's roasting chicken or duck, or baking casseroles, cakes, pastries or bread, it is controlled automatically, without any worry for getting anything burnt.