Chinese symbol for “maybe”
或
huò
maybe; perhaps; might; possibly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maybe is 或 (huò), defined as: maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “maybe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也许 (也許) | yě xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 或许 (或許) | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 搞不好 | gǎo bu hǎo | (coll.) maybe; perhaps |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear; to dread |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 或.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 或者 | huò zhě | or; possibly; maybe; perhaps |
| 或许 (或許) | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 或是 | huò shì | or; either one or the other |
| 抑或 | yì huò | or; could it be that...? |
| 或称 (或稱) | huò chēng | also called; also known as |
| 不可或缺 | bù kě huò quē | necessary; must have |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maybe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.