maybe

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in Vietnamese Có thể, có lẽ

BrE /ˈmeɪ.biː/ AmE /ˈmeɪ.bi/

adverb en → vi

1 POSSIBILITY [non-finite] A1

Có thể, có lẽ

used for saying that something might happen or be true, but you are not certain about it

Collocations maybe later · maybe next week

Maybe we can meet for lunch tomorrow.

Có lẽ chúng ta có thể gặp nhau ăn trưa vào ngày mai.

2 DECISION [non-finite] A2

Có thể, có lẽ (khi đang cân nhắc)

used when you are considering whether to do something or not, but have not yet made a decision

Collocations maybe I should go · maybe we shouldn't tell her