是儿子还是女儿？

Is it a son or a daughter?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=1 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=2 儿子 érzi son
=2 儿子 érzǐ
  1. Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.
  2. baby; infant; newborn
  3. child
=3 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=3 还是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
=4 女儿 nǚér daughter
=4 女儿 nǚ'ér
  1. (Wenzhounese) girl
  2. daughter
  3. girl
  4. woman
  5. young woman; unmarried young woman