あなたは中国人ですか、それとも日本人ですか。
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English Translation
Are you Chinese or Japanese?
Furigana
あなたは中国人 ですか、それとも日本人 ですか。
Romanji
Anata wa chūgokujin desu ka, soretomo nipponjin desu ka.
Words
貴方
(あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
中国人
(ちゅうごくじん)
Chinese person
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
其れ共
(それとも)
or; or else
日本人
(にほんじん、にっぽんじん)
Japanese person; Japanese people
Kanji
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things