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HSK 2 Connectors & compound sentences

或者

Or in statements with 或者

Structure A + 或者 + B

或者 (huòzhě) is "or" in NON-question sentences: 喝茶或者咖啡都可以 = "tea or coffee, either is fine". It offers an alternative or an open option. Remember the split with 还是: 或者 for statements, 还是 for choice questions.

Examples

  • cháhuòzhěfēidōu

    Tea or coffee, either is fine.

  • huòzhědōuxíng

    You or I can go, it’s fine.

  • wǎnshàngkànshūhuòzhěkàndiànyǐng

    In the evening I read or watch a movie.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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