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

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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    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/

Conjunction

或是

either ... or ...; or
- 2000, “後來”, 施人誠 (lyrics), performed by 劉若英:
  
  你都如何回憶我　帶著笑或是很沉默 [MSC, trad.]
  你都如何回忆我　带着笑或是很沉默 [MSC, simp.]
  Nǐ dōu rúhé huíyì wǒ, dài zhe xiào huò shì hěn chénmò [Pinyin]
  How do you remember me? / [As someone who] wears a smile or [somebody] quiet?

Synonyms

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

Phrase

或是

(literary) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 或 (huò), 是 (shì) — may be; perhaps is
- 2024, 蒲垚磊, “中国网球进入“郑钦文时代”？她或是下一个商业价值女王”, in 澎湃新闻‎^[1]:
  
  中国网球进入“郑钦文时代”？她或是下一个商业价值女王 [MSC, simp.]
  中國網球進入“鄭欽文時代”？她或是下一個商業價值女王 [MSC, trad.]
  Zhōngguó wǎngqiú jìnrù “Zhèng Qīnwén shídài”? Tā huò shì xià yī ge shāngyè jiàzhí nǚwáng [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
或	是

Adverb

或是 • (hoksi) (hangeul 혹시)

hanja form^? of 혹시 (“by chance”)