是呾

Chinese

		be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (是呾)		是	呾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁶ dan³

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁶ dan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĭ tàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³⁵⁻¹¹ tã²¹³/

Conjunction

是呾

1. (Teochew) but
   • 2002, 丘学强, chapter 29, in 《交际潮汕话九百句》, Guangdong: 广东嘉应音像出版社, page 92:

     只条裤够长，是呾裤头唔够阔 [Teochew, simp.]
     只條褲夠長，是呾褲頭唔夠闊 [Teochew, trad.]

     zi² diao⁵ kou³ gao³ deng⁵, si⁶ dan³ kou³ tao⁵ m⁶ gao³ kuah⁴. [Peng'im]

     These trousers are long enough, but the waist is not sufficiently wide.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而, 然, 但, 卻, 則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	但是
	Pematangsiantar	tapi
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but
	Taishan	但係
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	但係
	Singapore (Guangfu)	但係, 不過, 之不過
Hakka	Meixian	但係, 董係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係, 毋過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	但係, 毋過, 毋故
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	但係, 毋過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	但係, 毋過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	但係, 毋過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋過
	Senai (Huiyang)	但係
	Kuching (Hepo)	tapi
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	但是
	Matsu	但是
Southern Min	Xiamen	但是, 毋過, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Quanzhou	但是, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Zhangzhou	但是, 毋過, 不過, 不而過
	Taipei	但是, 毋過, 不而過
	Penang (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Manila (Hokkien)	但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Medan (Hokkien)	tapi
	Shantou	是呾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	是呾
	Jieyang	是呾, 比補
	Bangkok (Teochew)	但是, แต่ว่า
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	但是, tapi
	Singapore (Teochew)	tapi, 不過, 但是
	Wenchang	但是
	Qionghai	但是
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過
	Wuxi	但必過