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)

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