# 要么 (yàome)

In Mandarin Chinese, 要么 (yàome) means “either... or...; or else”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: either... or...; or else
- Pinyin: yàome (yao4 me5)
- Traditional: 要麼
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 要么你去，要么我去。
  Yàome nǐ qù, yàome wǒ qù.
  Either you go, or I go.

## Characters

- [要](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-want/) (yào): to want; will
- 么 (má): exclamatory final particle

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-me-either-or/

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