抑或

抑或

Chinese

		to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or	maybe; perhaps; might maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
simp. and trad. (抑或)		抑	或

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ waak⁶, jik¹ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yìhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihhuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 抑或 異或／异或

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹ waak⁶, jik¹ waa⁶
    • Yale: yīk waahk, yīk wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ waak⁹, jik⁷ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ wag⁶, yig¹ wa⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ wäːk̚²/, /jɪk̚⁵ wäː²²/

Conjunction

抑或

1. (literary or Cantonese) or

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 或是
Mandarin	Beijing	還是
	Taiwan	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定
	Taishan	毋, 毋又
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Dongshi (Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	抑係
Min Nan	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是