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也许

yě xǔ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 也許

也许 (yě xǔ) means "perhaps". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 也许 means

1. perhaps; maybe

How 也许 is used in grammar

也许 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• 也许/恐怕/大概: hedging expressions (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, adverbs (情态副词).

The characters in 也许

• 也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either…
• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise

Example sentences

• 她也许来。
  She may come.
• 她也许会来。
  She might come.
• 也许你舔了它?
  Yěxǔ nǐ tiǎn le tā?
  Maybe you licked it?
• 也许你会成功。
  Maybe you'll succeed.
• 也许您有道理。
  Maybe you're right.
• 你也许是对的。
  You may be right about that.

Where 也许 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Modal & certainty adverbs (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yě xǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.