# 或者
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huòzhě
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waak$^6$ ze$^2$ / waa$^6$ ze$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fe̍t-chá
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĕ̤k-ciā
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k-chiá / hia̍k-chiá
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hog$^8$ zia$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$ghoq-tse
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huòzhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huòjhě
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^4$-chê$^3$
*** Yale: hwò-jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohjee
*** Palladius: хочжэ (xočžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waak$^6$ ze$^2$ / waa$^6$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: waahk jé / wah jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waak$^9$ dze$^2$ / waa$^6$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wag$^6$ zé$^2$ / wa$^6$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːk̚² t͡sɛː³⁵/, /waː²² t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fe̍t-chá
*** Hakka Romanization System: fed za$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fed$^6$ za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fet̚⁵ t͡sa³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĕ̤k-ciā
*** Sinological IPA : /høyʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡sia³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: hi̍k-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hegciar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: hia̍k-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiagciar
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hog$^8$ zia$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k tsiá
*** Sinological IPA : /hok̚⁴⁻² t͡sia⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$ghoq-tse
*** MiniDict: ghoh$^入$ tse
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhoq-tse
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoʔ¹¹ t͡se²³/

### Conjunction

或者
* or
    甲或者乙 ― jiǎ huòzhě yǐ ― A or B
* either ... or ...; or

#### Usage notes

* In Mandarin, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while 還是／还是 (háishì) is only used in questions. The inclusion of 還是／还是 in a sentence replaces the need for 嗎／吗 (ma) as a question word.
* In Cantonese, 或者 is exclusively used in statements, while 抑或 (jik1 waak6) or 定係／定系 (ding6 hai6) is only used in questions.

#### Synonyms

* (or): 或是 (huòshì), 或 (huò); (Hokkien) 抑是, 抑
* (either ... or ...):
* 一係／一系
* 或是 (huòshì)
* 要不 (yàobù)
* 要麼／要么 (yàome)

### Adverb

或者
* perhaps; maybe
** 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 6, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
       Rújīn Wáng fǔ suī shēng le biānrèn, zhǐpà zhè èr gūtàitai hái rèn de zánmen. Nǐ hé bù qù zǒudòng zǒudòng, huòzhě tā niànjiù, yǒu xiē hǎochù yě wèi kě dìng. Zhǐyào tā fā yī diǎn hǎo xīn, bá yī gēn hánmáo bǐ zánmen de yāo hái cū ne. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1976 revised / 1955–56, 金庸, chapter 3, in 書劍恩仇錄, 明河社, page 122:
       Chūshì zhīshí, lǎo zhuāngzhǔ huòzhě zhēn bù zài jiā. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, episode 18 (49 episodes version), 赵薇 (actor):
       Shūhuán, wǒmen mǎshàng qù zhǎo Fāng Yú, bǎ zhè jiàn shìqing gàosu tā. Huòzhě hái láidejí jiù tā. [Pinyin]
       Shuhuan, let's immediately go and visit Fang Yu, and tell her this affair. Maybe it is yet able to make it to save her.
    From: 連續劇 by Joey Yung
    waak$^6$ ze$^2$ jyu$^1$ mau$^5$ zaap$^6$, ngo$^5$ ho$^2$ toi$^4$ tau$^4$ jan$^1$ soeng$^2$ dou$^3$ nei$^5$; waak$^6$ ze$^2$ jat$^1$ zyun$^2$ nim$^6$ bin$^6$ jiu$^3$ sat$^1$ heoi$^3$ nei$^5$; waak$^6$ ze$^2$ zyun$^2$ zit$^3$ zim$^6$ taai$^3$ do$^1$, wai$^4$ mong$^4$ zam$^2$ jung$^2$ pou$^5$ nei$^5$; waak$^6$ ze$^2$ jung$^2$ gan$^2$ pin$^1$ ji$^5$ dyun$^6$ hei$^3$. [Jyutping]
    Maybe in a certain episode, I can lift my head up and admire you; maybe one second later I will lose you; maybe [I] have gone through too many things that [I] forgot how to embrace you; maybe [when I] hold [you] tightly, you have already breathed your last.

#### Synonyms

* 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
* 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
* 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
* 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
* 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
* 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 可能 (kěnéng)
* 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
* 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
* 怕是 (pàshì)
* 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
* 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
* 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
* 歉采 (Hokkien)
* 殼張／壳张 ($^7$khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
* 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
* 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
* 話勿出／话勿出 ($^6$gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
* 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa$^6$ m$^4$ maai$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 話唔定／话唔定 (waa$^6$ m$^4$ ding$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
* 講勿定／讲勿定 ($^5$kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
* 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong$^2$ m$^4$ ding$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)

### Noun

或者
* (Classical) some people

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 或 | 者 |

### Noun

或者 • (hokja) (hangeul 혹자)
* hanja form of 혹자 (“some, someone, some people”)