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Definition 2024

或許

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

Adverb

或許

perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

可能 (kěnéng)
也許／也许 (yěxǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huòxǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ heoi²
Min Nan (POJ): he̍k-hú / hia̍k-hír / he̍k-hí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huòxǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohsheu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ heoi²
  - Yale: waahk héui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ hoey²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːk̚² hɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-hú
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heghuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ hu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-hír
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍k-hír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻²² hɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-hí
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heghie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi⁵³/