算是

Chinese

		regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	be; yes; this
trad. (算是)		算	是
simp. #(算是)		算	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǹg-sǐ / sǹg-sī / sùiⁿ-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: suan⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: swàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suannshyh
    • Palladius: суаньши (suanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun³ si⁶
    • Yale: syun sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: sǹg-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-sī
    • Tâi-lô: sǹg-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngrsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùiⁿ-sī
    • Tâi-lô: suìnn-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svuiesi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/

Verb

算是

1. can be called; deserves to be called
2. to consider to be

   這人算是丟臉到家了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这人算是丢脸到家了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè rén suànshì diūliǎn dàojiā le. [Pinyin]

   They have lost face completely.

Synonyms

• (can be called):

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• 堪稱 / 堪称 (kānchēng) (formal)
• 稱得上 / 称得上 (chēngdeshàng)
• 說得上 / 说得上 (shuōdeshàng)

 

• (to consider to be):

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• 作為 / 作为 (zuòwéi)
• 夠得上 / 够得上 (gòudéshàng)
• 當作 / 当作 (dàngzuò)
• 當做 / 当做 (dàngzuò)
• 當成 / 当成 (dàngchéng)
• 目為 / 目为 (mùwéi)
• 看作 (kànzuò)
• 看做 (kànzuò)
• 看成 (kànchéng)
• 視為 / 视为 (shìwéi)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算作 (suànzuò)
• 算得 (suàndé)
• 認作 / 认作 (rènzuò)

 

Adverb

算是

1. finally; at long last

Synonyms

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• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久 / 终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於 / 终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸 / 终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究 / 终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須 / 终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是 / 总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸 / 总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算 / 总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)

 

See also

• (Cantonese) 算係／算系