要么......要么......Conjunction for Choices(2)
Learning Chinese through Stories
LCTS
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🗓️ 8 June 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
The structure "要么...要么..." (yàome... yàome...) is a conjunction in Chinese used to express exclusive choices. It highlights a situation where the speaker must choose one option from two or more possibilities, with the implication that only one choice can be made.
Distinction Between 要么...要么... and 或者...或者...
要么...要么...Exclusive Choices: One must choose between the options. Implies mutual exclusivity: Choosing one excludes the others.
或者...或者...Neutral Options: Simply lists possibilities without requiring a choice.
Does not imply exclusivity: More than one option can be valid.
Be sure to check out our Conjunction Collection to catch up on the previous 8 episodes that focused on Coordination Conjunctions. These episodes are packed with insights and real-life examples to help you master their usage.
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| 0:00.0 | 大家好,这里是听故事,学中文,我是瑞。我是斯蒙。今天给大家带来一个关联词,要吗?要吗?要吗?要吗?要吗?要吗?是两个选择只能选一个要吗?选择A要吗?选择B选了A |
| 0:46.2 | 就不能选B |
| 0:48.0 | 选了B |
| 0:49.4 | 就不能选A |
| 0:53.6 | 今年夏天我有两个选择 |
| 0:58.2 | 我可以选择去广州旅游 |
| 1:04.4 | 或者选择去上海旅游两个选择国只能选一个今年夏天我要吗去广州旅游要吗去上海旅�游?今年夏天我要吗去广州旅游?要吗?李容浩有两个选择选择一 去北京追逐他的音乐梦选择二留在爸爸妈妈身邊,放棄他的夢想。兩個選擇,李榮浩只能選擇一個。嗯,李榮浩面對一個選擇,要吗去北京追逐他的音乐梦? |
| 2:28.5 | 要吗?面对一个选择要么去北京追逐他的音乐梦要么留在爸爸妈妈身边放弃他的梦想嗯利容号面对一个选择要么去北京追逐他的音乐梦要么留在爸爸妈妈身边放弃他的梦想要么五饭吃什么呢有两个选择 |
| 3:06.9 | 选择一 |
| 3:09.4 | 点中餐 |
| 3:12.1 | 选择二 |
| 3:14.1 | 自己做 |
| 3:16.1 | 两个选择 |
| 3:18.6 | 只能选一个 |
| 3:21.6 | 五番吃什么呢?一样吗?点中餐?一样吗?自己做?嗯,五番吃什么呢?一样吗?点中餐?一样吗?自己做?一样吗?一样要吗你需要去看医生你有两个选择第一个选择今晚去今晚去看医生第二个选择明天去明天去看医生两个选择你要选一个总之你得去看医生你得去看�去,要吗明天去,总之得去。嗯,你得去看医生,要吗今晚去,要吗明天去,之带去要吗阿里有两个选择选择一去当兵選擇2不當兵 緊監獄兩個選擇 阿里需要選一個因為他沒有別的选择阿里要么去当兵要么进监狱他没有别的选择 |
| 6:03.3 | 听故事说中文听得越多 |
| 6:04.3 | 说得越好。 |
| 6:05.4 | 下次再见。 |
| 6:06.4 | 下次再听。 1 ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ Thank you. |
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