或者

Character by character

• 或huò8 strokesHSK 2or, either, else; perhaps, maybe
• 者zhě9 strokesHSK 2that which; he who; those who

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 或者. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 或huòHSK 2

  maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or

• 者zhěHSK 3

  (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this

• 记者jì zhěHSK 3

  reporter; journalist

• 或许huò xǔHSK 4

  perhaps; maybe

• 或是huò shìHSK 5

  or; either one or the other

• 患者huàn zhěHSK 6

  patient; sufferer

• 作者zuò zhěHSK 3

  author; writer

• 读者dú zhěHSK 3

  reader

• 学者xué zhěHSK 5

  scholar

• 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěHSK 3

  volunteer

• 后者hòu zhěHSK 7

  the latter

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěHSK 5

  consumer

• 使者shǐ zhěHSK 7

  emissary; envoy

• 前者qián zhěHSK 7

  the former

• 或多或少huò duō huò shǎoHSK 7

  more or less