是也

Chinese

		be; yes; this	also; too
trad. (是也)		是	也
simp. #(是也)		是	也
anagram		也是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyě
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yeh³
    • Yale: shr̀-yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyee
    • Palladius: шие (šije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ jaa⁵
    • Yale: sih yáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ ya⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jaː¹³/

Particle

是也

1. (Classical, sentence-final declarative particle) it is, that is, that is the case
2. (Classical, interjective particle) right! it is!

Usage notes

In ACG, this word is sometimes used to translate the Japanese sentence ending でござる (degozaru) or である (dearu), imitating the ancient tone. One of the examples is the translated version of Sgt. Frog.