Hold the question mark at the fork and you get 还是

Where the picture shows up in 还是/或者

1. 1

   the fork you hand over

   你喝咖啡还是喝茶？

   nǐ hē kāfēi háishi hē chá

   Coffee or tea?

   Turning the menu round to face them, pointing at coffee then tea, and waiting with your eyes

2. 2

   either road is fine

   咖啡或者茶都行。

   kāfēi huòzhě chá dōu xíng

   Coffee or tea, both work for me.

   Both palms turned up to say either one suits you fine

   Put 还是 in a plain statement and it starts sounding like a question.

3. 3

   pinning it to one of two

   我们明天或者后天去。

   wǒmen míngtiān huòzhě hòutiān qù

   Let's go tomorrow or the day after.

   Circling only tomorrow and the day after on the calendar and leaving the rest untouched

4. 4

   the road you picked after weighing

   还是你来吧，我不太会。

   háishi nǐ lái ba, wǒ bú tài huì

   You do it — I'm not much good at it.

   Fiddling with the tool, then handing it over and stepping back

   还是…吧 at the front of a sentence means having thought it over, let's rather do this.

5. 5

   a fork with the question still inside

   我不知道他去还是不去。

   wǒ bù zhīdào tā qù háishi bú qù

   I don't know whether he's going or not.

   Looking at the empty seat by the door and tilting your head, not knowing whether they'll show

   Even inside a statement, if a question sits in there, the word is 还是.