huò
rán

technical
common

Meaning of 或然

或然 means possible but not certain; probabilistic. Pronounced huò rán.

  • possible but not certain; probabilistic

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zhǐ
shì
ge
huò
rán
de
qíng
kuàng
 
men
hái
yào
gèng
duō
zhèng
 

This is only a possible scenario; we need more evidence.

Zài
tǒng
xué
zhōng
 
men
jīng
cháng
chǔ
huò
rán
shì
jiàn
 

In statistics, we often deal with probabilistic events.

de
chéng
gōng
bìng
fēi
rán
 
ér
shì
huò
rán
de
 

His success is not inevitable, but merely possible.

Huò
rán
xìng
tuī
zài
luó
xué
zhōng
hěn
zhòng
yào
 

Probabilistic reasoning is very important in logic.