或是

Chinese

		maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (或是)		或	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k-sī / hia̍k-sǐ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: hwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshyh
    • Palladius: хоши (xoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 或是 獲釋／获释 禍事／祸事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: waahk sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-sī
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hegsi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍k-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² si²²/

Adverb

或是

1. may be; perhaps is

Synonyms

• 或許是／或许是 (huòxǔ shì)
• 也許是／也许是 (yěxǔ shì)

Conjunction

或是

1. either ... or ...; or

Synonyms

• 一係／一系
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 要不 (yàobù)
• 要麼／要么 (yàome)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
或	是

Adverb

或是 • (hoksi) (hangeul 혹시)

1. Hanja form^? of 혹시 (“by chance”).