(yě xǔ) - perhaps, maybe, possibly in Mandarin
yěxǔTraditional: 也許
Translation
perhaps, maybe, possibly
Word origin
A compound of 也 (yě, 'also') and 许 (xǔ, 'to permit, perhaps'), giving 'perhaps'. 许 is a phono-semantic compound of 讠(speech radical) with 午 (wǔ) as the phonetic.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 也 (yě) + 许 (xǔ, 'perhaps'; 讠speech + 午 wǔ phonetic)
Stroke order
也
许
Examples
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Maybe he is not coming.
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Perhaps this is true.
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Maybe you are right.
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Perhaps he is not coming today.
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He perhaps does not know about this at all.
也许 (yě xǔ) means perhaps, maybe, possibly. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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