或曰

Chinese

		maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	to speak; to say
trad. (或曰)		或	曰
simp. #(或曰)		或	曰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ joek⁶ / waak⁶ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòyue
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: hwò-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohiue
    • Palladius: хоюэ (xojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ joek⁶ / waak⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: waahk yeuhk / waahk yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ joek⁹ / waak⁹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ yêg⁶ / wag⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² jœːk̚²/, /waːk̚² jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwok hjwot

Rime
Character	或	曰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	德 (132)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡國切	王伐切
Baxter	hwok	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwək̚/	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷək̚/	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuək̚/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwək̚/	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuək̚/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuək̚/	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwək̚/	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wak6	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤək  [ɢ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷɯːɡ  ɢʷad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	或	曰
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huò	yuē
Middle Chinese	‹ hwok ›	‹ hjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁək/	/*[ɢ]ʷat/
English	some; or	say
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	或	曰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5548	16312
Phonetic component	或	曰
Rime group	職	月
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	或	越
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/	/*ɢʷad/

Verb

或曰

1. (literary) someone says; some say; it is said

Synonyms

• (literary) 或謂／或谓 (huòwèi)