HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Connectives

或 huò “or” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 或 means

  1. or
  2. maybe
  3. perhaps
  4. might
  5. possibly

How to say 或

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale或huò4th tone, falling

或 in a sentence

  1. 请您用中文或英文回答。

    Qǐng nín yòng Zhōngwén huò Yīngwén huídá.

    Please reply in Chinese or English.

    Sentence #827160 from Tatoeba

  2. 家人或朋友会来接你吗？

    Jiārén huò péngyou huì lái jiē nǐ ma?

    Will family or friends come to pick you up?

    Sentence #10699379 from Tatoeba

  3. 你想喝点儿咖啡或茶吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng hē diǎnr kāfēi huò chá ma?

    Would you like some coffee or tea?

    Sentence #813320 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 或 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 或 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
或huòmaybe
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

How to write 或

或 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

或 (huò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 或 (huò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 或

Words with 或

或者huòzhě · or或许huòxǔ · perhaps

FAQs

或 (huò) means “or” or “maybe”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it huò: huò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 或 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 或 from the suggestions. Typing huo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
或 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.