或 huò
-
conjunction
or; either; else
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '或' conj; Unihan '或') -
adverb
maybe; perhaps; might; possibly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 也许 (Guoyu '或' adv; Kroll 2015 '或' a; Unihan '或') -
pronoun
some; someone
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 或 may be used in Literary Chinese in this sense to indicate one or more from a set of things (Guoyu '或' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '或'; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 134). For example, 或百步而後止，或五十步而後止。'Some run a hundred paces and stop; some run fifty paces and stop.' (Mengzi: 1.3/1/23, translation by Legge) -
adverb
suddenly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '或' b) -
conjunction
or; vā
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vā, or: atha, Japanese: waku, or: iki (BCSD '或', p. 521; Dhammajoti 2013, p. 6; MW 'vā'; Unihan '或')
Contained in
- 辞有质文意或详略(辭有質文意或詳略) they may use either a simple or elegant style, render the contents [of the scripture] briefly or in a detailed way
- 净土或问(淨土或問) Jing Tu Huo Wen
- 外域诸国或偏执小乘(外域諸國或偏執小乘) in foreign lands, some have a preference for the Hīnayāna.
Also contained in
或缺 、 不可或缺 、 抑或 、 或门 、 容或 、 或是 、 或多或少 、 或然 、 止或尼之 、 或许 、 甚或 、 相当于或大于 、 或然率 、 或称 、 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 、 或者 、 亦或 、 即或 、 设或 、 间或 、 渐或 、 醉或能忘 、 倘或
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 20 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 665
- Scroll 2 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 651 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 483
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 392
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 332
- Scroll 2 Susiddhikara Sutra (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Jing) 蘇悉地羯羅經 — count: 312 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 8 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論 — count: 297
- Scroll 12 Abhidharmavijñānakāyapādaśāstra (Apidamo Shi Shen Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨識身足論 — count: 295
- Scroll 16 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apidamo Fa Zhi Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨發智論 — count: 272
- Scroll 5 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論 — count: 262