或 huò

1. huò conjunction or; either; else
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '或' conj; Unihan '或')
2. huò adverb maybe; perhaps; might; possibly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 也许 (Guoyu '或' adv; Kroll 2015 '或' a; Unihan '或')
3. huò pronoun some; someone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 或 may be used in Literary Chinese in this sense to indicate one or more from a set of things (Guoyu '或' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '或'; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 134). For example, 或百步而後止，或五十步而後止。'Some run a hundred paces and stop; some run fifty paces and stop.' (Mengzi: 1.3/1/23, translation by Legge)
4. míngnián adverb suddenly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '或' b)
5. huò conjunction or; vā
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vā, or: atha, Japanese: waku, or: iki (BCSD '或', p. 521; MW 'vā'; Unihan '或')

Contained in

• 净土或问(淨土或問) Jing Tu Huo Wen

Also contained in

或许 、 或多或少 、 间或 、 或是 、 亦或 、 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 、 甚或 、 设或 、 或称 、 即或 、 或门 、 不可或缺 、 抑或 、 相当于或大于 、 倘或 、 醉或能忘 、 或缺 、 或然率 、 或者 、 容或 、 或然

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