還かえ是これ

See also: 还是

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	be; yes; this
trad. (還かえ是これ)		還かえ	是これ
simp. (还是)		还	是これ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ si⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): hai¹ si³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hâi-sǐ / hâi-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huan⁵ si⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háishì → háishi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ → ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háishi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hai²-shih⁵
    • Yale: hái-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair.shyh
    • Palladius: хайши (xajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /xaɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: wàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 環視かんし／环视 還かえ是これ／还是

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hai¹ si³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xai¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: hâi-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi-sī
    • Tâi-lô: hâi-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haisi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai²⁴⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³⁻²² si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huan⁵ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâⁿ sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹e-zy; ⁶ghe-zy; ⁶we-zy
    • MiniDict: e^平ひらた zy; ghe^去さ zy; we^去さ zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹e-zr; ³hhe-zr; ³hhue-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/, /ɦe²² zz̩⁴⁴/, /ɦue²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Adverb

還かえ是これ

1. still

   我わが還かえ是これ很喜き歡你。 [MSC, trad.]
   我わが还是很喜き欢你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ háishì hěn xǐhuan nǐ. [Pinyin]

   I still like you a lot.

   其實我わが覺さとし得とく吧，他た還かえ是これ太ふとし年とし輕かる了りょう。 [MSC, trad.]
   其实我わが觉得吧，他た还是太ふとし年とし轻了りょう。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qíshí wǒ juéde ba, tā háishì tài niánqīng le. [Pinyin]

   Actually, I think he is still too young.

   現在げんざい形勢けいせい還かえ是これ很嚴いむ峻たかし哪。 [MSC, trad.]
   现在形かたち势还是很严峻哪。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànzài xíngshì háishì hěn yánjùn na. [Pinyin]

   The current situation is still very grim.

2. nevertheless; yet

   離はなれ異こと家庭かてい到底とうてい還かえ是これ會かい影響えいきょう到いた孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
   离异家庭かてい到底とうてい还是会かい影かげ响到いた孩子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Líyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin]

   Children from divorced families will be affected in the end.

3. (chiefly Wu) used to form comparative structures; -er than

   儂わし還かえ是これ伊い長なが。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬还是伊い长。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁶ghe-zy ⁶yi ⁶zan [Wugniu]

   He is taller than you.

4. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to

   這個討論とうろん還かえ是これ由ゆかり你來き主持しゅうもち。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个讨论还是由ゆかり你来き主持しゅうもち。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhège tǎolùn háishì yóu nǐ lái zhǔchí. [Pinyin]

   You had better host this discussion.

   我わが們還かえ是これ先さき談だん正せい事こと吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   我わが们还是先さき谈正せい事こと吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen háishì xiān tán zhèngshì ba. [Pinyin]

   We'd better discuss proper business first.

   要よう不ふ我わが，我わが還かえ是これ先さき回かい去さ吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   要よう不ふ我わが，我わが还是先さき回かい去さ吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]

   I think it's best I leave.

Synonyms

• (still):

• 仍 (réng)
• 仍是 (réngshì)
• 仍然 (réngrán)
• 仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù)
• 依然いぜん (yīrán)
• 依よ舊きゅう／依よ旧きゅう (yījiù)
• 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
• 原はら徑みち／原はら径みち (⁶gnioe-cin) (Wu)
• 嘛閣／嘛阁 (Hokkien)
• 尚なお (literary, or in compounds)
• 尚なお且 (shàngqiě)
• 猶なお且／犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
• 猶なお是これ／犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 猶なお然しか／犹然 (yóurán)
• 猶なお自じ／犹自 (yóuzì)
• 還かえ／还 (hái)
• 都と係がかり／都と系けい (Cantonese)

 

• (had better): (colloquial) 頂いただき好このみ／顶好 (dǐnghǎo), 最さい好このみ (zuìhǎo), (Hokkien) 上うえ好よしみ

Conjunction

還かえ是これ

1. or

   你要よう吃ども中國ちゅうごく菜さい還かえ是これ日本にっぽん料理りょうり？ [MSC, trad.]
   你要よう吃ども中国ちゅうごく菜さい还是日本にっぽん料理りょうり？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yào chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ? [Pinyin]

   Do you want to eat Chinese food or Japanese food?

   無論むろん你想そう吃ども中國ちゅうごく菜さい還かえ是これ日本にっぽん料理りょうり，自助じじょ餐都と會かい有ゆう你喜き歡的てき。 [MSC, trad.]
   无论你想そう吃ども中国ちゅうごく菜さい还是日本にっぽん料理りょうり，自助じじょ餐都と会かい有ゆう你喜き欢的てき。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]

   Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

   你們這次旅たび遊ゆう是これ自助じじょ還かえ是これ跟團兒じ啊？ [MSC, trad.]
   你们这次旅たび游ゆう是これ自助じじょ还是跟团儿啊？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen zhèicì lǚyóu shì zìzhù háishi gēntuánr a? [Pinyin]

   For this trip, are you travelling by yourselves or with a tour group?

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, 還かえ是ぜ／还是 (when meaning "or") is exclusively used in questions, in which context it replaces the need for 嗎／吗 (ma) as a question word; as well as in some fixed phrases with words like 不ふ管かん (bùguǎn) or 無論むろん／无论 (wúlùn). Other senses of the word "or" in English are given by 或ある者もの (huòzhě) (or 或ある (huò)), which is only used in statements. For example, "A 或ある者もの B" means "A or B".

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還かえ是これ (“or”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑そもそも, 或ある
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑そもそも或ある, 還かえ是これ
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	還かえ是これ
	Singapore	還かえ是これ
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	還かえ是これ
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定じょう係がかり, 定じょう
	Hong Kong	定じょう係がかり, 定じょう, 抑そもそも或ある, 抑そもそも或ある係かかり, 定てい抑そもそも或ある, 定てい抑そもそも或ある係かかり, 還かえ是これ, 定てい還かえ是これ, 定てい還かえ是ぜ係がかり
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑そもそも或ある
	Singapore (Guangfu)	定じょう, 定じょう係がかり
Gan	Nanchang	還かえ是これ
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還かえ係かかり, 也係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還かえ係かかり, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還かえ係かかり, 也係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還かえ係かかり, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還かえ係かかり, 也係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	抑そもそも係がかり
Huizhou	Jixi	還かえ是これ
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故こ是ぜ
Southern Min	Xiamen	抑そもそも是これ, 抑そもそも
	Quanzhou	抑そもそも是これ, 抑そもそも
	Zhangzhou	抑そもそも是これ, 抑そもそも
	Taipei	抑そもそも是これ
	Penang (Hokkien)	抑そもそも是これ
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抑そもそも是これ
	Manila (Hokkien)	抑そもそも是これ
	Chaozhou	抑そもそも是これ
	Singapore (Teochew)	抑そもそも是これ
Wu	Shanghai	還かえ是これ
Xiang	Loudi	還かえ是これ

See also

• 或ある (huò)
• 或ある者もの (huòzhě)