要jiu3麼mo1

English

1. or
2. either...or...
3. either one or the other

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一係⋯就⋯；一係

Examples

• 一係你批鬥你父母，一係就你自己俾人批鬥。

  要麼你批鬥你父母，要麼你自己受批鬥。 (jiu3 mo1 nei5 pai1 dau3 nei5 fu6 mou5, jiu3 mo1 nei5 zi6 gei2 sau6 pai1 dau3.)

  Either you publicly humiliate your parents, or you get the same treatment.

• 要么你去，要么我去。

  Either you go, or I go.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 咱们要么说汉语，要么就别说话。

  Let’s either speak Chinese, or not speak at all.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 我要么去看电影，要么和朋友聊天。

  I am either going to watch a movie, or chat with my friends.

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 我每天要么骑自行车，要么坐公车上班。

  Every day I either ride a bike or get the bus to work.

  Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

• 我们必须学会像兄弟一样共同生活，要么就像傻子一样同归于尽。

  We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 杏樹對雪說：「要么你把一切都變成白色，要么你把我們也變成白色。」

  The almond tree says to the snow: "Either you make it all white, or you make us white".

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY