huò

  1. huò conjunction or; either; else
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Guoyu '或' conj; Unihan '或')
  2. huò 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')
  3. huò 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)
  4. míngnián adverb suddenly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '或' b)
  5. huò 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')

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抑或不可或缺或然率或者或是间或渐或即或或缺容或或门诺贝尔生理学或医学奖相当于或大于亦或或然甚或或许或多或少醉或能忘设或倘或或称

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  • Scroll 16 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apidamo Fa Zhi Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨發智論 — count: 272
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