你是美国人还是法国人？

Are you American or French?

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 美国人 Měiguórén
  1. American
  2. American person
  3. American people

classifier: 個
=3 美国人 měiguórén US American person; US American people; Usonian(s)
=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 法国人 Fǎguórén
  1. Frenchman
  2. French person