或许

Character by character

• 或huò8 strokesHSK 2or, either, else; perhaps, maybe
• 许xǔ6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 許allow, permit; promise; betroth

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我或许可以修好它。

  Wǒ huò xǔ kě yǐ xiū hǎo tā

  I might be able to fix that.

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• 她或许知道我们在这儿。

  Tā huò xǔ zhī dào wǒ men zài zhè r

  She might know that we are here.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 或许. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 或huòHSK 2

  maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or

• 或者huò zhěHSK 2

  or; possibly; maybe; perhaps

• 也许yě xǔHSK 2

  perhaps; maybe

• 许多xǔ duōHSK 2

  many; a lot of; much

• 允许yǔn xǔHSK 6

  to permit; to allow

• 许xǔHSK 7

  to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps

• 或是huò shìHSK 5

  or; either one or the other

• 不许bù xǔHSK 5

  not to allow; must not; can't

• 许可xǔ kěHSK 5

  to allow; to permit

• 许可证xǔ kě zhèngHSK 7

  license; authorization; permit

• 容许róng xǔHSK 7

  to permit; to allow

• 准许zhǔn xǔHSK 7

  to allow; to grant; to permit

• 或多或少huò duō huò shǎoHSK 7

  more or less

• 赞许zàn xǔHSK 7

  to praise; to laud