莫不是

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	not; no	be; yes; this
trad. (莫不是)		莫	不	是
simp. #(莫不是)		莫	不	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòbùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ bat¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-put-sǐ / bo̍k-put-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòbùshì [Phonetic: mòbúshì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòbùshìh
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-pu⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: mwò-bù-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohbushyh
    • Palladius: мобуши (mobuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ bat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: mohk bāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ bat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ bed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-put-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-put-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-put-sī
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-put-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogputsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/

Adverb

莫不是

1. can it be that; is it possible that

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈, 莫不是
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	難說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Shantou	未是
	Jieyang	未是, 敢, 敢是
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過