それとも
N3 soretomo
- or
- or else
conjunction
Chinese meanings
还是;或者
Examples
- トムはやるの?それともやらないの?Will Tom do it or not?汤姆做吗?还是不做?
- あれはバスですか、それとも車ですか。Is that a bus or a car?那是公交车还是汽车?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b13a18ea0f'); // それとも
{
"id": "b13a18ea0f",
"word": "それとも",
"reading": "それとも",
"romaji": "soretomo",
"meanings": [
"or",
"or else"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"conj"
],
"jmdict_id": 1007010,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "トムはやるの?それともやらないの?",
"en": "Will Tom do it or not?",
"tatoeba_id": 11459441
},
{
"ja": "あれはバスですか、それとも車ですか。",
"furigana": "あれはバスですか、それとも{車|くるま}ですか。",
"en": "Is that a bus or a car?",
"tatoeba_id": 229730
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "f52a612c8cb1683c50727f5de134fab2b81473fd6c1ae8ead7f23b55c38e43b9",
"meanings": [
"还是",
"或者"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "トムはやるの?それともやらないの?",
"zh": "汤姆做吗?还是不做?"
},
{
"ja": "あれはバスですか、それとも車ですか。",
"zh": "那是公交车还是汽车?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/b13a18ea0f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1007010; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "0b92c2ff6804c86e3f6847337ec54ddb567cbdf7964e42ed8045af943da0f3b1",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}