或是 (huò shì) means “or; either one or the other”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
你可以坐地铁或是公交车。
Nǐ kěyǐ zuò dìtiě huòshì gōngjiāochē.
You can take the subway or the bus.
Updated: 2026-07-18