興許

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (興許)		興	許
simp. (兴许)		兴	许

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xīngxǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄩˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xin¹ xu³
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ heoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singsyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsü³
  - Yale: syīng-syǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingsheu
  - Palladius: синсюй (sinsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xin¹ xu³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xinxy
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕy⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ heoi²
  - Yale: hīng héui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ hoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ hêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ hɵy̯³⁵/

Adverb

興許

(colloquial) perhaps; maybe

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)
或者 (huòzhě)
或許 / 或许 (huòxǔ)
指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
歉采 (Hokkien)
殼張 / 壳张 (Wu, dated)
沒準兒 / 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
無定著 / 无定著 (Hokkien)
話勿出 / 话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
話唔埋 / 话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
話唔定 / 话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
說不定 / 说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
講勿定 / 讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
講唔定 / 讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
難免 / 难免 (nánmiǎn)