也许 yěxǔ

HSK level

Traditional form

也許

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

也 Yě

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a pictograph of a snake, a vulva, a funnel, a crying child, or an ideograph depicting a pause in speech.

Positional decomposition

⿻？乚 gōu

Number of Strokes

许 Xǔ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 許 xǔ . Phonosemantic compound. 言 yán represents the meaning and 午 wǔ represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

午 wǔ

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Positional decomposition

⿰讠午

Number of Strokes

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也许 yěxǔ 有人 yǒu rén 拾 shè 到 dào 呢 ne .

Maybe somebody found it.

他 tā 坐 Zuò 起来 qǐlai , 写 xiě 下他的 de 梦 mèng , 然后 ránhòu 继续 jìxù 睡 shuì , 也许 yěxǔ 又 yòu 做 zuò 更 gēng 多 duō 的梦.

He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleep, perhaps to dream some more.

给 gěi 你 nǐ 根 gēn 木棍 mù gùn ,也许 yěxǔ 你用得 dé 着 zhāo 它 tā .

Here's a stick in case you should need it.

天 tiān 阴 Yīn 上来 shàng lái 了 le , 今天 jīntiān 下午 xiàwǔ 也许 yěxǔ 有 yǒu 雨 yǔ .

It's clouding up. Maybe it'll rain this afternoon.

“ 唉 āi , 那 Nā 就 jiù 怪 guài 了 le , ” 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 说 shuì , “ 不 bù 过 Guò 也许 yěxǔ 他们 tā men 只是 zhǐ shì 在 zài 心里 xīn li 默 mò 念 niàn .

" Well, that's funny,' said Tom. " But maybe they say it to themselves.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 也许 yěxǔ and their own compounds.

也 Yě

乜 miē

乚 gōu , 乛 ya

丨 shù

许 Xǔ

午 wǔ

十 shí , 𠂉

讠 yán

See all 54 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 也许 yěxǔ in their composition.

也 Yě

他 tā

怹 tān

地 de

哋 dì , 逇

施 Shī

揓 shì , 暆 yí , 椸 yí , 葹 shī , 崺, 湤, 箷, 鍦

池 Chí

她 tā , 拖 tuō , 驰 chí , 弛 chí , 祂 tā , 牠 tā , 吔 yē , 彵, 扡 chǐ , 乸 nǎ , 匜 yí , 杝 yí , 柂 yí , 毑 jiě , 灺 xiè , 竾 chí , 絁 shī , 訑 yí , 貤 yí , 迤 yí , 酏 yǐ , 阤 tuó , 陁 tuó , 髢 dí , 咃, 忚, 沲 tuó , 炧, 狏, 砤, 粚 chī , 肔, 胣, 虵, 衪, 袘, 迆 yí , 釶, 鉇, 馳 chí , 駞