或是

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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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    或是
    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/

Adverb

或是

may be; perhaps is

Synonyms

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

Conjunction

或是

either ... or ...; or

Synonyms

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
或	是

Adverb

或是 • (hoksi) (hangeul 혹시)

Hanja form^? of 혹시 (“by chance”).

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