许 - Mandarin word #5050

许

xǔ

Traditional: 許

#5050 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to allow, to permit; perhaps (in 也许, 或许, 许多)

Stroke order

许

。

Perhaps he'll come tomorrow.

。

There are many people here.

。

Maybe we should wait a bit longer.

。

The teacher does not allow us to talk.

。

Mum allowed me to go out and play.

许 (xǔ) means to allow or to permit, and as a hedging adverb-component, perhaps. It heads 也许 and 或许 (both meaning perhaps), and 许多 (many).

或许

perhaps, maybe, possibly

许多

many, a lot of

也许

perhaps, maybe, possibly

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 许.

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This word is part of lesson 101.