不是……就是……

Chinese

		to not be		to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
simp. and trad. (不是……就是……)		不是	……	就是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshì...jiùshì...

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic: búshì...jiùshì...]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshìh...jiòushìh...
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih⁴...-chiu⁴-shih⁴...
    • Yale: bù-shr̀-...-jyòu-shr̀-...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh...jiowshyh...
    • Palladius: буши...цзюши... (buši...czjuši...)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶...
    • Yale: bāt sih...jauh sih...
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶...dzau⁶ si⁶...
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶...zeo⁶ xi⁶...
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/

Conjunction

不是……就是……

1. not ... then ...

   他不是英國人，就是美國人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不是英国人，就是美国人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén. [Pinyin]

   If he is not a Brit, then he is an American. / He's either a Brit or an American.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 唔係……就係……／唔系……就系……

See also

• 不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...)
• 就是 (jiùshì)