Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
许
xǔ
Description
"许"常常表示答应、允许别人做某件事。
"许" often means to agree or allow someone to do something.
它也可以表示"也许"，就是可能的意思。
It can also mean "perhaps," indicating possibility.
Meanings
许xǔ
to allow; to permit
这里不许抽烟。
No smoking here.
也许yěxǔ
maybe; perhaps
他也许明天来。
He might come tomorrow.
许xǔ
to promise (something to someone)
妈妈许了我一个新书包。
Mom promised me a new schoolbag.
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Notes
- Nuance
许 alone feels formal; in speech people often say 允许 or 让 instead.
- Etymology
也许 combines 也 (also) and 许, meaning "perhaps, maybe".
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