還是
See also: 还是
Chinese
[edit]pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet |
be; yes; this | ||
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trad. (還是) | 還 | 是 | |
simp. (还是) | 还 | 是 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): waan4 si6
- Jin (Wiktionary): hai1 si3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1e-zy; 6ghe-zy; 6we-zy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: háishi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hai2-shih5
- Yale: hái-shr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.shyh
- Palladius: хайши (xajši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waan4 si6
- Yale: wàahn sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan4 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: wan4 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːn²¹ siː²²/
- Homophones:
環視/环视
還是/还是
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: hai1 si3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: hâi-sǐ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sī
- Tâi-lô: hâi-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: haisi
- IPA (Xiamen): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huan5 si6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâⁿ sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
Adverb
[edit]還是
- still
- nevertheless; yet
- (chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than
- had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
Synonyms
[edit]- (still):
Conjunction
[edit]還是
Usage notes
[edit]- In Mandarin, 還是/还是 (when meaning "or") is exclusively used in questions, in which context it replaces the need for 嗎/吗 (ma) as a question word; as well as in some fixed phrases with words like 不管 (bùguǎn) or 無論/无论 (wúlùn). Other senses of the word "or" in English are given by 或者 (huòzhě) (or 或 (huò)), which is only used in statements. For example, "A 或者 B" means "A or B".
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 抑, 或 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抑或, 還是 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 還是 |
Singapore | 還是 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 還是 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 定係, 定 |
Hong Kong | 定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係 | |
Taishan | 毋, 毋又, 抑或 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 定, 定係 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 還是 |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 還係, 也係 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 還係, 也係 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 還係, 也係 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 抑係 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 還是 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 故是 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 抑是, 抑 |
Quanzhou | 抑是, 抑 | |
Zhangzhou | 抑是, 抑 | |
Taipei | 抑是 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 抑是 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 抑是 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 抑是 | |
Chaozhou | 抑是 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 抑是 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 還是 |
Xiang | Loudi | 還是 |
See also
[edit]Categories:
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- Hokkien adverbs
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- Beginning Mandarin