煞是

Chinese

		baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten	be; yes; this
trad. (煞是)		煞	是
simp. #(煞是)		煞	是
anagram		是煞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah-sī / sòa-sǐ / sah-sī

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshyh
    • Palladius: шаши (šaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ si⁶
    • Yale: saat sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soah-sī
    • Tâi-lô: suah-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soahsi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòa-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: suà-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sah-sī
    • Tâi-lô: sah-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sahsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si²²/

Verb

煞是

1. (literary) certainly is; truly is; indeed is
2. (Hokkien) to unexpectedly be; to surprisingly be
3. (Hokkien) how is it that it is (used in rhetorical questions)

Synonyms

• (certainly is): 確是／确是 (quèshì)