以是

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	be; yes; this
trad. (以是)		以	是
simp. #(以是)		以	是
anagram		是以

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐshìh
    • Wade–Giles: i³-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiishyh
    • Palladius: иши (iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: yiX dzyeX

Rime
Character	以	是
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊己切	承紙切
Baxter	yiX	dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨX/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨX/	/d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ieX/	/d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨX/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li Rong	/iəX/	/ʑieX/
Wang Li	/jĭəX/	/ʑǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iX/	/ʑie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ləʔ  [d]eʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯʔ  djeʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	以	是
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ yiX ›	‹ dzyeX ›
Old Chinese	/*ləʔ/	/*[d]eʔ/
English	take, use	this
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	以	是
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14929	11645
Phonetic component	以	是
Rime group	之	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	以	是
Old Chinese	/*lɯʔ/	/*djeʔ/
Notes		金文從早從止， 馬敘倫謂正加射的。按象對準目標行進， 表所行正確

Conjunction

以是

1. (Classical) because of this

Synonyms

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• 乃末 (Shanghainese)
• 以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
• 因此 (yīncǐ)
• 因而 (yīn'ér)
• 從而／从而 (cóng'ér)
• 所以
• 故 (gù) (literary)
• 故此 (gùcǐ)
• 故而 (gù'ér)
• 於是／于是 (yúshì)
• 於是乎／于是乎 (yúshìhū) (literary)
• 是以 (shìyǐ) (literary)
• 是故 (shìgù) (literary)
• 此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
• 為此／为此 (wèicǐ)