或 huò
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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)
Contained in
- 净土或问(淨土或問) Jing Tu Huo Wen
Also contained in
或许 、 甚或 、 倘或 、 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 、 不可或缺 、 或是 、 或然率 、 即或 、 亦或 、 或称 、 或然 、 容或 、 或缺 、 设或 、 抑或 、 相当于或大于 、 或门 、 或多或少 、 间或 、 或者 、 醉或能忘
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
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