也
许

Perhaps in Chinese: 也许 (yě xǔ)

yě xǔ

perhaps

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 也許2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1perhaps
  2. 2maybe

Stroke order

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也
许

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄝˇ

yě

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄩˇ

xǔ

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

也许

Simplified

也許

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 也许下一次吧。

    yě xǔ xià yí cì ba。

    Maybe some other time.

  • 也许您有道理。

    yě xǔ nín yǒu dào lǐ。

    Maybe you're right.

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Related words

也

yě

(adverb) also

许

xǔ

to allow

许多

xǔ duō

many

允许

yǔn xǔ

to permit

或许

huò xǔ

perhaps

不许

bù xǔ

not to allow

许可

xǔ kě

to allow

也好

yě hǎo

that's fine

再也

zài yě

(not) any more

容许

róng xǔ

to permit

赞许

zàn xǔ

to praise

准许

zhǔn xǔ

to allow

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