彼らは日本人ですか、それとも中国人ですか。

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English Translation

Are they Japanese or Chinese?

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは日本人(にっぽんじん)ですか、それとも中国人(ちゅうごくじん)ですか。

Romanji

Karera wa nipponjin desu ka, soretomo chūgokujin desu ka.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

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

中国人 (ちゅうごくじん)

Chinese person

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

日

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

人

Readings: ジン、ニン、ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

中

Readings: チュウ、なか、うち、あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

国

Readings: コク、くに

Meaning: country