也许 - Mandarin word #193

也许

yěxǔ

Traditional: 也许

HSK 3

#193 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

perhaps, maybe, possibly

Stroke order

也

许

。

Maybe he is not coming.

。

Perhaps this is true.

。

Maybe you are right.

。

Perhaps he is not coming today.

。

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.

但是

but, however (formal)

好像

it seems like, apparently, as if

可是

but, however, yet

那么

so, then, in that case

以为

to think (mistakenly), to assume

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This word is part of lesson 4.