| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL:個|个[ge4] | ![]() |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or / possibly / maybe / perhaps | ![]() |
| 也许 | yě xǔ | perhaps / maybe | ![]() |
| 或许 | huò xǔ | perhaps / maybe | ![]() |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe | ![]() |
| 只怕 | zhǐ pà | I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely | ![]() |
| 搞不好 | gǎo bu hǎo | (coll.) maybe / perhaps | ![]() |
| 莫不是 | mò bù shì | probably / perhaps / could it be that...? | ![]() |
| 兴许 | xīng xǔ | (coll.) perhaps | ![]() |
| 兴许 | xìng xǔ | perhaps | ![]() |
| 或 | huò | maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or | ![]() |
| 许 | xǔ | to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps | ![]() |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps | ![]() |
| 庶几 | shù jī | (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps | ![]() |
| 容或 | róng huò | perhaps / maybe / probably | ![]() |
| 擦边球 | cā biān qiú | (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable | ![]() |
| 或将 | huò jiāng | will perhaps / may (in the future) | ![]() |
