或曰

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Chinese

maybe; perhaps; might
maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
 
to speak; to say
trad. (或曰)
simp. #(或曰)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (35)
Final () (132) (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hwok hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwək̚/ /ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷək̚/ /ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuək̚/ /ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwək̚/ /ɦuat̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuək̚/ /ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣuək̚/ /ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣwək̚/ /i̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wak6 jyut6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huò yuē
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwok › ‹ hjwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷˁək/ /*ʷat/
English some; or say

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5548 16312
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷɯːɡ/ /*ɢʷad/

Verb

或曰

  1. (literary) someone says; some say; it is said

Synonyms