倒是

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (倒是)		倒	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-sǐ / tó-sī / táu-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoshì → dàoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: dàu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.shyh
    • Palladius: даоши (daoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ si⁶
    • Yale: dou sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tó-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tó-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doysi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: táu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dawsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/

Adverb

倒是

1. on the contrary; actually

   • 生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

     Shēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]

     The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 卻是／却是 (quèshì)