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Definition 2024

或是

或是

Chinese

		maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (或是)		或	是

Conjunction

或是

or, or perhaps

Korean

Hanja in this term
或	是

Adverb

或是 • ‎(hoksi) ‎(hangeul 혹시)

Hanja form^? of 혹시, “by chance”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huòshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): he̍k-sī / hia̍k-sǐ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: huòshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    或是
    禍事／祸事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: waahk sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːk̚² siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-sī
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hegsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍k-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/