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

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

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 (Wu, dated)
沒準兒 / 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
無定著 / 无定著 (Hokkien)
興許 / 兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
話勿出 / 话勿出 (⁶gho-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 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
講唔定 / 讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
難免 / 难免 (nánmiǎn)