抑是
Chinese
to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or |
be; yes; this | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (抑是) |
抑 | 是 | |
| alternative forms | 啊是 阿是 也是 益是 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h-sī
- Tâi-lô: a̍h-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: aqsi
- IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ si²²/
- IPA (Penang): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻³ si²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: á-sǐ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h-sī
- Tâi-lô: ia̍h-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: iaqsi
- IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah-sī
- Tâi-lô: iah-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: iahsi
- IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-sī
- Tâi-lô: ah-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: ahsi
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 si6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ si³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
Conjunction
抑是
- (literary or Southern Min) or
- 好抑是毋好 [Hokkien] ― hó ia̍h-sī m̄ hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― okay or not okay
- 2015, Li Wei, Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 209:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]
See also
Further reading
- “抑是”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.