你是中国人还是日本人？

Are you Chinese or Japanese?

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 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 中国人 Zhōngguórén Chinese person
=4 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=4 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
=5 日本人 Rìběnrén Japanese person or people
=5 日本人 rìběnrén Japanese person