PERHAPS   

ABLE to HAPPEN OR ABLE to be TRUE.
MAYBEFOR ALL ONE KNOWSIT COULD BEIT MAY BEIT'S POSSIBLEPOSSIBLYCONCEIVABLYLITERARY PERADVENTUREPERCHANCE
Modern Chinese Criteria
可能性 可能 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • HAVE　RELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one. (anc: 5/0, child: 5)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.95

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.251

    WAHRSCHEINLICHKEIT

    • Words (11 items)

    雖  suī OC: sqlul MC: si 29 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadS1.post-S2may be... but> althoughNote the etymological relation of 雖 with 惟／唯. This explains why one is tempted to declare the word to be deverbal.
    • vadVconcessivemaybe
    • vt0oNexistthere may be (something or somebody); even if there is (something or somebody)
    或  huò OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ MC: ɦək 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVperhaps; presumably; as things are
    得微  dé wēi OC: tɯɯɡ mɯl MC: tək mɨi 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+V[0]could it be that the subject VERBs?
    豈  qǐ OC: khɯlʔ MC: khɨi 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVperhaps, probably; presumably
    儻  tǎng OC: thaaŋʔ MC: thɑŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVperhaps by any chance; for all I know ????
    庶  shù MC: syoH OC: qhljaɡs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadSperhapsCH
    殆  dài MC: dojX OC: lɯɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVperhaps, who knows?CH
    倘  tǎng OC: thaaŋʔ MC: thɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padSperhaps; presumably
    將  jiāng OC: skaŋ MC: tsi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVperhaps
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVperhaps, who knows?CH
    殆  dài MC: dojX OC: lɯɯʔ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVperhaps, who knows?CH