Mandarin: different ways of asking if someone prefers A to B

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This question is similar but doesn't address this question of comparing different ways to express the notion of preferring A to B.

Are all these ways valid grammar for asking if someone prefers A to B? (In this case A is Chinese food while B is American food.)

Expression #2 seems like it might be wrong.

多过 already implies comparison, therefore no 比 (as in 1st example),中国菜她喜欢吃多过吃美国菜吗？ — user6065, Oct 08 '17 at 03:42
Probably the most colloquial way would be: [你觉得]A好，还是B好呢？ — Mou某, Oct 08 '17 at 04:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '17 at 00:29

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Sentence 3 is correct in grammar.

妳覺得中國菜比美國菜好吃嗎?

I would probably put:

中国菜和美国菜，你更喜欢哪一种？

你喜欢吃中国菜还是美国菜？

中国菜和美国菜，你觉得哪个更好吃？

answered Oct 09 '17 at 00:29

dan

For #1 could you also say 中国菜比美国菜，你更喜欢哪一种？ – Crashalot Oct 15 '17 at 06:55
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中国菜比美国菜 is an incomplete phrase. The complete version could be 中国菜比美国菜好吃 or 中国菜比美国菜更好吃. These twos could be used as complete sentences as well. Usually, ...比...+ a descriptive word could be considered as the fixed structure, like, 你比他好。他比你强。他比我强多了。他比我有魅力。她比我漂亮。 .... – dan Oct 15 '17 at 08:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '17 at 19:11

There're hundreds of way to say 'prefers A to B' in Mandarin, consider we really love making 'hint'. That's not the scope of this question.

Besides,

中國菜比美國菜妳喜歡多嗎？

is not correct in grammar.

Ways to say 'Do you prefer A to B?" in genal. It does not strictly follow 'A to B'. Pretty much like a daily conversation:

    1. 你喜欢A, 还是喜欢B?
    2. 喜欢A吗？还是B?
    3. A好还是B好？
    4. 你选A还是B?
    5. A和B, 你倾向哪个？

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