或者

Chinese

		maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (或者)		或	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ ze²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fe̍t-chá
• Min Dong (BUC): hĕ̤k-ciā
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k-chiá / hia̍k-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁸ zia²

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁵hhoq-tse

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòjhě
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-chê³
    • Yale: hwò-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohjee
    • Palladius: хочжэ (xočžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ ze²
    • Yale: waahk jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fe̍t-chá
    • Hakka Romanization System: fed za`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fed⁶ za³
    • Sinological IPA: /fet̚⁵ t͡sa³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĕ̤k-ciā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /høyʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡sia³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hegciar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕia⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍k-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiagciar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕia⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁸ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚⁴⁻² t͡sia⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁵hhoq-tse
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦʊʔ¹¹ t͡se̞²³/

Conjunction

或者

1. or

   A或者B  ―  A huòzhě B  ―  A or B

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while 還是／还是 (háishì) is only used in questions. The inclusion of 還是／还是 in a sentence replaces the need for 嗎／吗 (ma) as a question word.
• In Cantonese, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while 抑或 (jik1 waak6) or 定係／定系 (ding6 hai6) is only used in questions.

Synonyms

• 還是／还是 (háishì)
• 或是 (huòshì)
• 或 (huò)

Adverb

或者

1. perhaps; maybe

   • 或者於某集，我可抬頭欣賞到你；或者一轉念便要失去你；或者轉折漸太多，遺忘怎擁抱你；或者擁緊偏已斷氣。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     或者于某集，我可抬头欣赏到你；或者一转念便要失去你；或者转折渐太多，遗忘怎拥抱你；或者拥紧偏已断气。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 連續劇 by Joey Yung

     waak⁶ ze² jyu¹ mau⁵ zaap⁶, ngo⁵ ho² toi⁴ tau⁴ jan¹ soeng² dou³ nei⁵; waak⁶ ze² jat¹ zyun² nim⁶ bin⁶ jiu³ sat¹ heoi³ nei⁵; waak⁶ ze² zyun² zit³ zim⁶ taai³ do¹, wai⁴ mong⁴ zam² jung² pou⁵ nei⁵; waak⁶ ze² jung² gan² pin¹ ji⁵ dyun⁶ hei³. [Jyutping]

     Maybe in a certain episode, I can lift my head up and admire you; maybe one second later I will lose you; maybe [I] have gone through too many things that [I] forgot how to embrace you; maybe [when I] hold [you] tightly, you have already breathed your last.

   • 書桓，我們馬上去找方瑜，把這件事情告訴她。或者還來得及救她。 [MSC, trad.]
     书桓，我们马上去找方瑜，把这件事情告诉她。或者还来得及救她。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001, 情深深雨濛濛 by Chiung Yao (10:00)

     Shūhuán, wǒmen mǎshàng qù zhǎo Fāng Yú, bǎ zhè jiàn shìqing gàosu tā. Huòzhě hái láidejí jiù tā. [Pinyin]

     Shuhuan, let's immediately go and visit Fang Yu, and tell her this affair. Maybe it is yet able to make it to save her.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 或者

• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Min Nan)
• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)

• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 殼張／壳张 (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)

Noun

或者

1. (Classical Chinese) some people

Korean

Hanja in this term
或	者

Noun

或者 • (hokja) (hangeul 혹자)

1. Hanja form^? of 혹자 (“some, someone, some people”).