"或" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xuɛ²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xuɛi⁴⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /vak̚³²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /fɛt̚⁵/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /fet̚⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /fɛt̚⁵/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /xuəʔ²/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /xo²⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /høyʔ⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hiak̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Quanzhou], /hiɪk̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Xiamen], /hiɪk̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hok̚⁴/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xo²⁴/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /xuɛ²¹/, /xuɛi⁴⁴/, /waːk̚²/, /vak̚³²/, /fɛt̚⁵/, /fet̚⁵/, /fɛt̚⁵/, /xuəʔ²/, /xo²⁴/, /høyʔ⁵/, /hiak̚²⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴/, /hiɪk̚¹²¹/, /hok̚⁴/, /ɦoʔ¹²/, /ɦuəʔ¹²/, /xo²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: huò [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], huo⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄏㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hue² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], хуэй [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], huey [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], III [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], waak⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], vak⁵ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], fet⁶ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], fe̍t [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], fêd⁶ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], hueh⁴ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], hŏ, hĕ̤k, hia̍k [Hokkien, POJ], he̍k [Hokkien, POJ], hog⁸ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁸ghoq; ⁸weq, ho⁶, huò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄏㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], huò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwò [Mandarin, Yale], huoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хо [Mandarin, Palladius], xo [Mandarin, Palladius], xue [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], waahk [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waak⁹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wag⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], vak⁵ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], fet⁶ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], fe̍t [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], fed [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], fed⁶ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], hueh⁴ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], hŏ [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], hĕ̤k [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], hia̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hiak [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hi̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hek [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ho̍k [POJ, Teochew], ⁸ghoq; ⁸weq [Northern, Wu], ghoh^入; weh^入 [Northern, Wu], ⁵hhoq; ⁵hhueq [Northern, Wu], /ɦoʔ¹²/ [Northern, Wu], /ɦuəʔ¹²/ [Northern, Wu], ho⁶ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], hwok [Middle-Chinese], /*[ɢ]ʷˤək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡʷɯːɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: , 𢈿
Etymology: Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一, “territory”. The most ancient version is 戓, then modified into 或; the stroke was added perhaps when the pronunciation of the character evolved. Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ), 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ), and perhaps 淢 refer to the original word. The last character can be seen in the ancient name of the Han river, 㵄. 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”) is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”). Cognate with 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology templates: {{Han etyl}} Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003), {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意), {{Han compound|戈|囗|一|ls=ic|t1=dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)|t2=city wall}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一, {{och-l|國}} 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ), {{och-l|域}} 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ), {{och-l|或|someone; some}} 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”), {{och-l|有|there is}} 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”), {{och-l|又|again}} 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 或
  1. or; either ... or ... (used to list alternatives)
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-uL~UY8jp Categories (other): Chinese pronouns, Middle Chinese pronouns, Old Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 35 7 0 4 39 5 0 2 3 3 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese pronouns: 43 2 0 1 50 1 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Chinese pronouns: 43 2 0 1 49 2 0 1 1 1
  2. (literary, including in news headlines) perhaps; maybe Tags: including, literary
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-SMqn7cAZ
  3. occasionally; sometimes
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-58qMlOxD
  4. if; assuming; should ...
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-xakjlfwc
  5. (logic, computing) OR; inclusive or Categories (topical): Computing, Logic
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-iRmTt~A9 Categories (other): Chinese determiners, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese pronouns, Eastern Min determiners, Eastern Min hanzi, Eastern Min particles, Eastern Min pronouns, Elementary Mandarin, Middle Chinese determiners, Middle Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese pronouns, Northern Min determiners, Northern Min hanzi, Northern Min particles, Northern Min pronouns, Old Chinese determiners, Old Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese pronouns, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese determiners: 25 10 0 6 41 6 0 3 5 4 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 5 1 5 46 11 0 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 26 9 0 5 43 6 0 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 35 7 0 4 39 5 0 2 3 3 Disambiguation of Eastern Min determiners: 25 5 2 8 43 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 25 5 2 7 43 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Eastern Min particles: 21 4 2 6 36 22 0 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Eastern Min pronouns: 28 5 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 5 15 3 5 39 18 0 2 9 5 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese determiners: 20 3 0 1 70 1 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 23 4 0 1 68 1 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese pronouns: 43 2 0 1 50 1 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Northern Min determiners: 24 7 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Northern Min hanzi: 25 7 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Northern Min particles: 20 6 2 6 36 22 0 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Northern Min pronouns: 27 7 2 7 41 7 0 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Old Chinese determiners: 21 3 0 1 68 3 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 23 3 0 1 65 3 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Chinese pronouns: 43 2 0 1 49 2 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 26 5 0 11 39 9 0 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 4 0 8 42 6 0 4 2 2 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. particle used in negative sentences to reinforce the negative tone
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-7CeP53kl Categories (other): Chinese particles, Middle Chinese particles, Old Chinese particles Disambiguation of Chinese particles: 11 5 0 3 24 52 0 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese particles: 16 3 0 1 29 49 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Chinese particles: 16 2 0 1 28 49 0 1 1 1
  7. (literary) some; someone; something Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-70l9iHlx
  8. Ancient form of 惑 (huò, “doubt”). Tags: Ancient, alt-of Alternative form of: (extra: huò, “doubt”)
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-an2-ELgc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不可或缺 (bùkěhuòquē), 倘或 (tǎnghuò), 偶或 (ǒuhuò), 即或, 多言或中, 容或 (rónghuò), 或人, 或則 (huòzé), 或则 (huòzé), 或是 (huòshì), 或時, 或时, 或曰 (huòyuē), 或有 (huòyǒu), 或然率 (huòránlǜ), 或缺, 或者 (huòzhě), 或許 (huòxǔ), 或许 (huòxǔ), 或謂 (huòwèi), 或谓 (huòwèi), 或體 (huòtǐ), 或体 (huòtǐ), 抑或 (yìhuò), 甚或 (shènhuò), 設或 (shèhuò), 设或 (shèhuò), 間或 (jiànhuò), 间或 (jiànhuò)

Character

IPA: /y⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /y⁵¹/, /wɪk̚²/ Chinese transliterations: yù [Mandarin, Pinyin], yu⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wik⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yü⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yù [Mandarin, Yale], yuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юй [Mandarin, Palladius], juj [Mandarin, Palladius], wik⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], wihk [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], wik⁹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wig⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], /*[ɢ]ʷrək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese] Forms: , 𢈿
Etymology: Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一, “territory”. The most ancient version is 戓, then modified into 或; the stroke was added perhaps when the pronunciation of the character evolved. Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ), 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ), and perhaps 淢 refer to the original word. The last character can be seen in the ancient name of the Han river, 㵄. 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”) is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”). Cognate with 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology templates: {{Han etyl}} Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003), {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意), {{Han compound|戈|囗|一|ls=ic|t1=dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)|t2=city wall}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一, {{och-l|國}} 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ), {{och-l|域}} 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ), {{och-l|或|someone; some}} 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”), {{och-l|有|there is}} 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”), {{och-l|又|again}} 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 或
  1. Original form of 域 (yù, “range; territory”).
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-w3lQMWuh
  2. Original form of 國/国 (guó, “country”).
    Sense id: en-或-zh-character-tVSwM8UA
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkěhuòquē",
      "word": "不可或缺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tǎnghuò",
      "word": "倘或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ǒuhuò",
      "word": "偶或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "即或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "多言或中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rónghuò",
      "word": "容或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "或人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòzé",
      "word": "或則"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòzé",
      "word": "或则"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòshì",
      "word": "或是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "或時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "或时"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòyuē",
      "word": "或曰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòyǒu",
      "word": "或有"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòránlǜ",
      "word": "或然率"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "或缺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòzhě",
      "word": "或者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或許"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或许"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòwèi",
      "word": "或謂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòwèi",
      "word": "或谓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòtǐ",
      "word": "或體"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòtǐ",
      "word": "或体"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yìhuò",
      "word": "抑或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shènhuò",
      "word": "甚或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shèhuò",
      "word": "設或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shèhuò",
      "word": "设或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànhuò",
      "word": "間或"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànhuò",
      "word": "间或"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 0,
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            "1": "zh",
            "2": "或"
          },
          "expansion": "或",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "hoặc",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "或",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "或"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: hoặc (或)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "或",
            "2": "",
            "3": "",
            "4": "hoặc",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "或",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "或",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "或",
            "v": "或",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (或):\n* → Vietnamese: hoặc (或)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "",
            "3": "",
            "4": "hoặc"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (或):\n* → Vietnamese: hoặc (或)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (或):\n* → Vietnamese: hoặc (或)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)",
      "name": "Han etyl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "戈",
        "2": "囗",
        "3": "一",
        "ls": "ic",
        "t1": "dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)",
        "t2": "city wall"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "國"
      },
      "expansion": "國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "域"
      },
      "expansion": "域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "或",
        "2": "someone; some"
      },
      "expansion": "或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "有",
        "2": "there is"
      },
      "expansion": "有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "又",
        "2": "again"
      },
      "expansion": "又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)\nIdeogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戈 (“dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)”) + 囗 (“city wall”) + 一, “territory”. The most ancient version is 戓, then modified into 或; the stroke was added perhaps when the pronunciation of the character evolved.\nBorrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ), 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ), and perhaps 淢 refer to the original word. The last character can be seen in the ancient name of the Han river, 㵄.\n或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”) is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”).\nCognate with 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) (Schuessler, 2007).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "戓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ancient"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𢈿",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ancient"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "或",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 7 0 4 39 5 0 2 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 2 0 1 50 1 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 2 0 1 49 2 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "China or Japan",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōngguó huò Rìběn",
          "text": "中國或日本",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "China or Japan",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhōngguó huò Rìběn",
          "text": "中国或日本",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "more or less, some amount",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "huòduōhuòshǎo",
          "text": "或多或少",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "able to speak two or more languages",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kěyǐ shuō liǎng zhǒng huò liǎng zhǒng yǐshàng de yǔyán",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "可以說兩種或兩種以上的語言",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "able to speak two or more languages",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kěyǐ shuō liǎng zhǒng huò liǎng zhǒng yǐshàng de yǔyán",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "可以说两种或两种以上的语言",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or; either ... or ... (used to list alternatives)"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-uL~UY8jp",
      "links": [
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ],
        [
          "either",
          "either"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Memorial to Yueyang Tower",
          "ref": "1046 October 17, 范仲淹 [Fan Zhongyan], 岳陽樓記 [Memorial to Yueyang Tower]:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The delegation has set out, and will probably arrive tomorrow morning.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàibiǎotuán yǐ chūfā, míngtiān shàngwǔ huò kě dàodá.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "代表團已出發,明天上午或可到達。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The delegation has set out, and will probably arrive tomorrow morning.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàibiǎotuán yǐ chūfā, míngtiān shàngwǔ huò kě dàodá.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "代表团已出发,明天上午或可到达。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perhaps; maybe"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-SMqn7cAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, including in news headlines) perhaps; maybe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in news headlines"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "including",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "occasionally; sometimes"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-58qMlOxD",
      "links": [
        [
          "occasionally",
          "occasionally"
        ],
        [
          "sometimes",
          "sometimes"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "if; assuming; should ..."
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-xakjlfwc",
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ],
        [
          "assuming",
          "assuming"
        ],
        [
          "should",
          "should"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "zh:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Logic",
          "orig": "zh:Logic",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Philosophy",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 10 0 6 41 6 0 3 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 1 5 46 11 0 2 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 9 0 5 43 6 0 3 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 7 0 4 39 5 0 2 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 5 2 8 43 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 5 2 7 43 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 4 2 6 36 22 0 4 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 5 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 15 3 5 39 18 0 2 9 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 3 0 1 70 1 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 0 1 68 1 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 2 0 1 50 1 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 7 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Min determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 7 2 7 42 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 2 6 36 22 0 4 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Min particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 7 2 7 41 7 0 5 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Min pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 3 0 1 68 3 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 3 0 1 65 3 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 2 0 1 49 2 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 5 0 11 39 9 0 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 4 0 8 42 6 0 4 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "OR; inclusive or"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-iRmTt~A9",
      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
        ],
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "OR",
          "OR"
        ],
        [
          "inclusive or",
          "inclusive or"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic, computing) OR; inclusive or"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 5 0 3 24 52 0 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 3 0 1 29 49 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 2 0 1 28 49 0 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used in negative sentences to reinforce the negative tone"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-7CeP53kl",
      "links": [
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative#English"
        ],
        [
          "sentence",
          "sentence#English"
        ],
        [
          "reinforce",
          "reinforce#English"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: \"Some people tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; some tell me to take it\".",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Qí rén fá yàn, shèng zhī. Xuān wáng wèn yuē: “Huò wèi guǎrén wù qǔ, huò wèi guǎrén qǔ zhī.”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齊人伐燕,勝之。宣王問曰:「或謂寡人勿取,或謂寡人取之。」",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: \"Some people tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; some tell me to take it\".",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Qí rén fá yàn, shèng zhī. Xuān wáng wèn yuē: “Huò wèi guǎrén wù qǔ, huò wèi guǎrén qǔ zhī.”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齐人伐燕,胜之。宣王问曰:「或谓寡人勿取,或谓寡人取之。」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some; someone; something"
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-70l9iHlx",
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) some; someone; something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "huò, “doubt”",
          "word": "惑"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ancient form of 惑 (huò, “doubt”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-或-zh-character-an2-ELgc",
      "links": [
        [
          "惑",
          "惑#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hue²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "III"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waak⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vak⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fet⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fe̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fêd⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hŏ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hĕ̤k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "he̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hog⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸ghoq; ⁸weq"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ho⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waahk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waak⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wag⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vak⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vak̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fet⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fe̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fed"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fed⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fet̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hĕ̤k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/høyʔ⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiak̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hok̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸ghoq; ⁸weq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghoh^入; weh^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hhoq; ⁵hhueq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦoʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦuəʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɢ]ʷˤək/"
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      "roman": "huòtǐ",
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      "roman": "huòtǐ",
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      "roman": "yìhuò",
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle used in negative sentences to reinforce the negative tone"
      ],
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        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative#English"
        ],
        [
          "sentence",
          "sentence#English"
        ],
        [
          "reinforce",
          "reinforce#English"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: \"Some people tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; some tell me to take it\".",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Qí rén fá yàn, shèng zhī. Xuān wáng wèn yuē: “Huò wèi guǎrén wù qǔ, huò wèi guǎrén qǔ zhī.”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齊人伐燕,勝之。宣王問曰:「或謂寡人勿取,或謂寡人取之。」",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: \"Some people tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; some tell me to take it\".",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Qí rén fá yàn, shèng zhī. Xuān wáng wèn yuē: “Huò wèi guǎrén wù qǔ, huò wèi guǎrén qǔ zhī.”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齐人伐燕,胜之。宣王问曰:「或谓寡人勿取,或谓寡人取之。」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some; someone; something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) some; someone; something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "huò, “doubt”",
          "word": "惑"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ancient form of 惑 (huò, “doubt”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "惑",
          "惑#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Ancient",
        "alt-of"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hue²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "III"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waak⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vak⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fet⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fe̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fêd⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hŏ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hĕ̤k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "he̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hog⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸ghoq; ⁸weq"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ho⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waahk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waak⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wag⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vak⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vak̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fet⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fe̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fed"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fed⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fet̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hĕ̤k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/høyʔ⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiak̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hok̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸ghoq; ⁸weq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghoh^入; weh^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hhoq; ⁵hhueq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦoʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦuəʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɢ]ʷˤək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷɯːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuɛi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vak̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fet̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xuəʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/høyʔ⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiak̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɪk̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hok̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦoʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦuəʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xo²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɢ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡʷɯːɡ/"
    }
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}

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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "yu⁴"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "yù"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Wade-Giles"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yù"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "юй"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/y⁵¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "tags": [
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        "Yale"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/wɪk̚²/"
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    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (9e2b7d3 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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