假使

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (假使)		假	使
alternative forms		卡使 (khá-sú) Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa² si²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ga² lhu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ká-sṳ́

(Hailu, HRS): ga^ˊ sii^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): gā-sṳ̄
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-sú / ká-sír / kée-sú / khá-sú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cia-sy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎshǐ [Phonetic: jiáshǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-shih³
  - Yale: jyǎ-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeashyy
  - Palladius: цзяши (czjaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa² si²
  - Yale: gá sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ga² lhu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ɬu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ká-sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˋ sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga³ si³
  - Sinological IPA: /ka³¹ sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ sii^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻³³ sɨ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gā-sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³⁻³⁵ ^(s-)ly³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-sú
  - Tâi-lô: ká-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafsuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-sír
  - Tâi-lô: ká-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kée-sú
  - Tâi-lô: kée-sú
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khá-sú
  - Tâi-lô: khá-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qafsuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cia-sy₅
  - MiniDict: cia^去 sy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jia-sr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕia³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Conjunction

假使

if; in case

Synonyms

(colloquial) 比方 (bǐfang)

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Malaysia	如果
	Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 假使
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
Gan	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
	Wenchang	但見, 欲
	Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
Xiang	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此