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
• Eastern Min (BUC): hĕ̤k-ciā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k-chiá / hia̍k-chiá

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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): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĕ̤k-ciā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /høyʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡sia³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hegciar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍k-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiagciar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/

Conjunction

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

(deprecated template usage) 或者

1. 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.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 或者

1. (Classical) some people

(deprecated template usage)