也許

See also: 也许

Chinese

		also; too	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (也許)		也	許
simp. (也许)		也	许

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yěxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄩˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye³ xu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁵ heoi²

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ia⁷ he²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ya-shiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěxǔ [Phonetic: yéxǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěsyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-hsü³
    • Yale: yě-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeesheu
    • Palladius: есюй (jesjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye³ xu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iexy
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ⁵³ ɕy⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jaa⁵ heoi²
    • Yale: yáh héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁵ hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya⁵ hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː¹³ hɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ia⁷ he²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iā hṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia¹¹ hɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya-shiu
    • MiniDict: ya^去 shiu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-xy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² ɕy⁴⁴/

Adverb

也許

1. possibly; perhaps; maybe

   也許我記錯了。／也许我记错了。  ―  Yěxǔ wǒ jì cuò le.  ―  Perhaps I remembered wrongly.

   也許你想我的時候我也在想你。 [MSC, trad.]
   也许你想我的时候我也在想你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yěxǔ nǐ xiǎng wǒ de shíhòu wǒ yě zài xiǎng nǐ. [Pinyin]

   Maybe when you're thinking of me I'll be thinking of you too.

Synonyms

• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)