要么 yàome HSK6 either... or Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 要么 要麼 yàome either... or conjunction Used to present multiple options or possibilities where one must be chosen. 他们要么病着，要么死了。 tāmen yàome bìng zhe, yàome sǐ le. They're either sick or dead. 要么你去，要么我去。 yàome nǐ qù, yàome wǒ qù. Either you go, or I go. otherwise conjunction Used in a second clause to express a hypothetical alternative or what should happen if the first condition is not met 似乎我总是要么太快要么太慢。 sìhū wǒ zǒngshì yàome tài kuài yàome tài màn. It seems I am always either too fast or too slow. how about Used at the beginning of a suggestion to propose an action; similar to "how about" or "why don't we". Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 78.3 per million appears in 19% of films Written text 31.1 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Cross-References Same as 要不 yàobù要不然 yàobùránHas variant 要末 yàome Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
要么 要麼 yàome either... or conjunction Used to present multiple options or possibilities where one must be chosen. 他们要么病着，要么死了。 tāmen yàome bìng zhe, yàome sǐ le. They're either sick or dead. 要么你去，要么我去。 yàome nǐ qù, yàome wǒ qù. Either you go, or I go. otherwise conjunction Used in a second clause to express a hypothetical alternative or what should happen if the first condition is not met 似乎我总是要么太快要么太慢。 sìhū wǒ zǒngshì yàome tài kuài yàome tài màn. It seems I am always either too fast or too slow. how about Used at the beginning of a suggestion to propose an action; similar to "how about" or "why don't we". Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 78.3 per million appears in 19% of films Written text 31.1 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Cross-References Same as 要不 yàobù要不然 yàobùránHas variant 要末 yàome Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
