或 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)

Contained in

• 渐或(漸或) rarely
• 设或(設或) if; suppose
• 或多或少 more or less
• 甚或 so much so that; to the extent that; even
• 即或 even if; even though; or else
• 倘或 if; supposing that
• 容或 perhaps; maybe; probably
• 间或(間或) occasionally; now and then
• 或者 or ; perhaps ; someone
• 醉或能忘 wine may bring forgetfulness
• 止或尼之 a man can be stopped by another
• 抑或 or; could it be that...?
• 或然率 probability
• 或是 or; either ... or ...
• 或门(或門) OR gate
• 或然 probable
• 相当于或大于(相當於或大於) greater than or equal to; at least as great as
• 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖(諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 或缺 to lack; to do without
• 亦或 or
• 或许(或許) perhaps; maybe
• 或称(或稱) also called; also known as; a.k.a.

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