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<p>One easy way to give two options is to precede each one with 或者 (huòzhě).</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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<p>或者 A，或者 B</p>
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<p>You can use almost anything as the options A and B.</p>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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<li>只 有 一 块 蛋糕，<em>或者</em> 你 吃 <em>或者</em> 我 吃。<span class="trans">There's only one piece of cake. Either you eat it, or I eat it.</span></li>
<li>你 <em>或者</em> 学 汉语 ， <em>或者</em> 学 法律，别的就别学了。<span class="trans">Either study Chinese or law. Don't study anything else.</span></li>
<li>咱们 <em>或者</em> 去 爬山 <em>或者</em> 泡温泉。<span class="trans">Let's either go hiking or go to the hot springs.</span></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="Expressing_&quot;either_..._or_...&quot;_with_&quot;yaome&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing &quot;either ... or ...&quot; with &quot;yaome&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="Expressing_the_only_two_possibilities" title="wikilink">Expressing the only two possibilities</a></li>
<li><a href="&quot;Or&quot;_in_statements" title="wikilink">&quot;Or&quot; in statements</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li><a href="现代汉语八百词（增订本）" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</a> (pp. 238) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345693275&amp;sr=8-1">→buy</a></li>
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<h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>
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<li><a href="现代汉语词典（第5版）" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语词典（第5版）</a> (pp. 623) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345693609&amp;sr=8-1">→buy</a></li>
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