又試

Chinese

		(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (又試)		又	試
simp. (又试)		又	试

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶ si³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁶ si³
    • Yale: yauh si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²² siː³³/

Adverb

又試

1. (Cantonese) again (often with negative connotation)

   佢又試撞車喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢又试撞车喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ jau⁶ si³ zong⁶ ce¹ laa³. [Jyutping]

   He got into a car crash again.

   • 1958, 李鐵, director, 橫刀奪愛 [The Love Thief]‎^[1], spoken by 孟志輝 (邵東):

     你又試發咩脾氣啫？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你又试发咩脾气啫？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ jau⁶ si³ faat³ me¹ pei⁴ hei³ zek¹? [Jyutping]

     What are you throwing a fit again for?

   • 1986, “當年情”, in 黃霑 [James Wong] (lyrics), 顧嘉煇 [Joseph Koo] (music), 張國榮‎^[2], performed by 張國榮 [Leslie Cheung], 華星唱片 [Capital Artists]:

     今日我　與你又試肩並肩 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     今日我　与你又试肩并肩 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     gam¹ jat⁶ ngo⁵, jyu⁵ nei⁵ jau⁶ si³ gin¹ bing⁶ gin¹ [Jyutping]

     Today, you and I, side by side again

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		又
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	又
	Taiwan	又
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	又
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	又
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	又
	Wuhan	又
	Guilin	又
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	又
	Hefei	又
Cantonese	Guangzhou	又, 又試
	Hong Kong	又, 又試
	Yangjiang	又
Gan	Nanchang	又
Hakka	Meixian	又
Jin	Taiyuan	又
Northern Min	Jian'ou	又, 已
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	復
Southern Min	Xiamen	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Quanzhou	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Zhangzhou	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Taipei	閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	閣, 閣再, 又閣
	Manila (Hokkien)	閣, 閣再
	Chaozhou	又, 又再
	Shantou	又
Wu	Shanghai	再, 又
	Suzhou	亦
	Wenzhou	亦
Xiang	Changsha	又
	Shuangfeng	又
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)