是ぜ以

Chinese

		be; yes; this	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (是ぜ以)		是これ	以
simp. #(是ぜ以)		是これ	以
anagram		以是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-i³
    • Yale: shr̀-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyii
    • Palladius: шии (šii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: sih yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jiː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeX yiX

Rime
Character	是これ	以
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	常つね (25)	以 (36)
Final (韻いん)	支ささえ (11)	之これ (19)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	承うけたまわ紙かみ切きり	羊ひつじ己おのれ切きり
Baxter	dzyeX	yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇX/	/jɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛX/	/jɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjɛX/	/ieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiə̆X/	/jɨX/
Li Rong	/ʑieX/	/iəX/
Wang Li	/ʑǐeX/	/jĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑie̯X/	/iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si6	ji5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eʔ  ləʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeʔ  lɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	是これ	以
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeX ›	‹ yiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eʔ/	/*ləʔ/
English	this	take, use
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	是これ	以
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11645	14929
Phonetic component	是これ	以
Rime group	支ささえ	之これ
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	是これ	以
Old Chinese	/*djeʔ/	/*lɯʔ/
Notes	金きむ文ぶん從したがえ早はや從したがえ止とめ， 馬うま敘倫りん謂いい正ただし加か射い的てき。按象ぞう對たい準じゅん目め標しめぎ行くだり進すすむ， 表ひょう所ところ行くだり正ただし確かく

Conjunction

是ぜ以

1. (literary) therefore; thus; so

   • 君子くんし之これ於禽獸きんじゅう也，見み其生せい，不ふ忍にん見み其死し；聞其聲こえ，不ふ忍にん食しょく其肉にく。是ぜ以君子くんし遠とお庖廚也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子くんし之これ于禽兽也，见其生せい，不ふ忍にん见其死し；闻其声こえ，不ふ忍にん食しょく其肉にく。是ぜ以君子くんし远庖厨ほうちゅう也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jūnzǐ zhī yú qínshòu yě, jiàn qí shēng, bùrěn jiàn qí sǐ; wén qí shēng, bù rěn shí qí ròu. Shìyǐ jūnzǐ yuǎn páochú yě. [Pinyin]

     So is the superior man affected towards animals, that, having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their dying cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh. Therefore he keeps away from his slaughter-house and cook-room.

   • 故こ有ゆう無む相そう生せい，難なん易えき相そう成なり，長なが短たん相そう較，高こう下した相そう傾かたぶけ，音おと聲こえ相そう和わ，前まえ後のち相そう隨ずい。是ぜ以聖人せいじん處しょ無為むい之これ事こと，行くだり不言ふげん之の教きょう。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故こ有ゆう无相そう生せい，难易えき相そう成なり，长短たん相そう较，高こう下した相そう倾，音おと声こえ相そう和わ，前まえ后きさき相そう随ずい。是ぜ以圣人处无为之これ事こと，行くだり不言ふげん之の教きょう。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù yǒu wú xiàng shēng, nán yì xiàng chéng, cháng duǎn xiàng jiào, gāo xià xiàng qīng, yīn shēng xiàng hé, qián hòu xiàng suí. Shìyǐ shèngrén chù wúwéi zhī shì, xíng bùyánzhījiào. [Pinyin]

     So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.

Synonyms

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• 乃末 (Shanghainese)
• 以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
• 以是 (yǐshì) (Classical Chinese)
• 因いん此 (yīncǐ)
• 因いん而 (yīn'ér)
• 從したがえ而／从而 (cóng'ér)
• 所以ゆえん
• 故こ (gù) (literary)
• 故こ此 (gùcǐ)
• 故こ而 (gù'ér)
• 於是／于是 (yúshì)
• 於是乎／于是乎 (yúshìhū) (literary)
• 是これ故ゆえ (shìgù) (literary)
• 此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
• 為ため此／为此 (wèicǐ)