或許

See also: 或许

Chinese

		maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (或許)		或	許
simp. (或许)		或	许

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ heoi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k-hú / hia̍k-hír / he̍k-hí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁸ he²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòxǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòsyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-hsü³
    • Yale: hwò-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohsheu
    • Palladius: хосюй (xosjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ heoi²
    • Yale: waahk héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² hɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-hú
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heghuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-hír
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍k-hír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² hɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-hí
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heghie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁸ he²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k hṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚⁴⁻² hɯ⁵²/

Adverb

或許

1. perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁴khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (³hho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (²kaan-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)