你煮飯用瓦斯還是電？

Do you cook by gas or electricity?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 煮飯 zhǔfàn to cook
3 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
4 瓦斯 wǎsī gas (loanword)
=5 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=5 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
6 電 diàn
  1. lightning
  2. electricity
  3. electric (bound form)
  4. to get (or give) an electric shock
  5. phone call or telegram etc
  6. to send via telephone or telegram etc