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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
也許 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
也許 ＝ 也 ＋ 許
ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄩˇ · yěxǔ
adverb — perhaps; maybe; possibly

字源 FORM — what the parts do

也also; too (也是的也)yě
許to allow; perhaps (許多的許)xǔ
也許，也是的也，許多的許。
關 · Related
可能kěnéngpossible; possibly — near-synonym; 可能 can also be a noun (possibility)大概dàgàiprobably; approximately — also hedges certainty; slightly more confident