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Zach

あなたは中国人ですか、それとも日本人ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 中国人 です それとも 日本人 です

English Translation

Are you Chinese or Japanese?

Furigana

あなたは中国人(ちゅうごくじん)ですか、それとも日本人(にっぽんじん)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)
()
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
()
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