Chinese Grammar│「And,和」、「Or, 或」 in Chinese





「And,和 hàn」in Chinese
和;hàn          和;
與[];yǔ      跟;gēn

There is no difference among above 4 kinds of "and ". 
All of them can replace each other in below situations. 
「和 hàn」is the most popular one to used in spoken in Taiwan.
1) noun + 和 hàn + noun
e.g. Apple and pineapple;
       蘋[]果鳳[]梨
       píng guǒ hàn fèng lí

2) adj + 的 de + 和 hàn + adj + 的 de

e.g. Sweet and sour
       甜的酸的;
       tián de hàn suān de

3) modifier sentence + 的 de + 和 hàn + modifier sentence + 的 de

e.g.  People who like sweet fruits and people who like sour fruits
        喜歡[]甜的水果的人喜歡酸的水果的人;
        xǐ huān tián de shuǐ guǒ de rén hàn xǐ huān suān de shuǐ guǒ de rén

4) Follow me
e.g. Follow me
       我來[]
       hàn wǒ lái

5) Follow/ Go with me to do something (It needs be put at front sentence.)
e.g. Come jogging with me
       和我來跑步
       hàn wǒ lái pǎo bù

6) with someone...(It needs be put at front sentence.)
e.gWhat's the matter with me (it's none of my business)
       和我有什麼關係[么关系]
       hàn wǒ yǒu shé me guān xì

e.gwhen you talk to me /with me
       我說話的時候
                 [说,话  ,时]
       nǐ hàn wǒ shuō huà de shí hòu

「Or, 或 huò」 in Chinese

或;huò     或者;huò zhě   或是huò shì
There is no difference among above 3 kinds of "or".
All of them can replace each other in any situations.

1) noun + 或 huò + noun
e.g. Apple or pineapple;
       蘋果鳳梨
       píng guǒ huò fèng lí

2) adj + 的 de 或 huò + adj + 的 de

e.g. Sweet or sour
       甜的酸的;
       tián de huò suān de

3) modifier sentence + 的 de 或 huò + modifier sentence + 的 de

e.g.  People who like sweet fruits or people who like sour fruits
        喜歡甜的水果的人喜歡酸的水果的人;
        xǐ huān tián de shuǐ guǒ de rén huò xǐ huān suān de shuǐ guǒ de rén

Advanced grammars

And then...
hái yǒu


It can be used to connect the final item, it can enhance the tone that "it still have the final option". 
If there are only two option, you can use it between options.
e.g. Apple ,pineapple, and watermelon
       蘋果和鳳梨還有西瓜
       píng guǒ hàn fèng lí hái yǒu xī guā

Or is....
還[]是;hái shì

It can be used to connect the final option, it can enhance the tone that "it still have the final option".

If there are only two option, you can use it between options.
e.g. Apple ,pineapple, or watermelon
       蘋果和鳳梨還是西瓜
       píng guǒ hàn fèng lí hái shì xī guā

Maybe
Pay attention that it's different meaning ,though the characters looks similar with "or".
或許huò xǔ
也許[]yě xǔ

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