抑是
Chinese
to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or |
be; yes; this | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (抑是) |
抑 | 是 | |
| alternative forms | 啊是 阿是 也是 益是 | ||
Pronunciation
Conjunction
抑是
- (literary or Min Nan) or
- 好抑是毋好 [Hokkien] ― hó ia̍h-sī m̄ hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― okay or not okay
- 汝覺得呾潮州話在新加坡應唔應該流傳下去？啊是華人呾華語就夠了？ [Teochew, trad.]
- From: 2015, Li Wei, Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities, Routledge →ISBN, page 209
- Do you think Teochew language should be preserved in Singapore or is Mandarin good enough? [sic]
汝觉得呾潮州话在新加坡应唔应该流传下去？啊是华人呾华语就够了？ [Teochew, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 抑, 或 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抑或, 還是 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 還是 |
| Yangzhou | 還是 | |
| Singapore | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 故是 |
| Min Nan | 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 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 還是 |
Further reading
- “Entry #3250”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
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