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
alternative forms		抑話／抑话 (jik1 waa6)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik¹ waak⁶ / jik¹ waa⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet² vak⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìhuò
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-huo⁴
    • Yale: yì-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihhuoh
    • Palladius: ихо (ixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹ waak⁶ / jik¹ waa⁶
    • Yale: yīk waahk / yīk wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ waak⁹ / jik⁷ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ wag⁶ / yig¹ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ waːk̚²/, /jɪk̚⁵ waː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yet² vak⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚⁵⁵ vak̚³²/

Conjunction

抑或

1. (literary or Cantonese) or

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	還是
	Singapore	還是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑或
	Singapore (Guangfu)	定, 定係
Gan	Nanchang	還是
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	抑係
Huizhou	Jixi	還是
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故是
Southern Min	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Penang (Hokkien)	抑是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抑是
	Manila (Hokkien)	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是
	Singapore (Teochew)	抑是
Wu	Shanghai	還是
Xiang	Loudi	還是