許 (heoi2 | xu3) : allow; promise; praise; maybe; about

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許

heoi2

xu3

[1] [v] allow; permit; approve
[2] [v] promise; pledge; be betrothed (to)
[3] [v] praise; commend; compliment
[4] [adv] maybe; perhaps; probably
[5] [adv] about; approximately; a little more than
[6] [adv] so; very; such
[7] [n] a surname

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

許 / 许

This word has been viewed 14307 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Nov 2013 14:25

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也許 jaa5 heoi2 ye3 xu3 = perhaps, maybe 國

或許 waak6 heoi2 huo4 xu3 = perhaps, maybe 國

不許 bat1 heoi2 bu4 xu3 = not allowed; cannot; must not

容許 jung4 heoi2 rong2 xu3 = to allow

允許 wan5 heoi2 yun3 xu3 = to permit; to allow

准許 zeon2 heoi2 zhun3 xu3 = to allow

許可 heoi2 ho2 xu3 ke3 = to allow; to permit

許多 heoi2 do1 xu3 duo1 = many; much; a lot of

少許 siu2 heoi2 shao3 xv3 = slightness

許可證 heoi2 ho2 zing3 = licence; license; permit; warrant
See all 43 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 許
Unicode code for this character: U+8a31 (off-site link)

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