以是

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (25)
Final () (19) (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yiX dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨX/ /d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨX/ /d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ieX/ /d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨX/ /d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/iəX/ /ʑieX/
Wang
Li
/jĭəX/ /ʑǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/iX/ /ʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5 si6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ yiX › ‹ dzyeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ləʔ/ /*eʔ/
English take, use this

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14929 11645
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯʔ/ /*djeʔ/
Notes

Conjunction

以是

  1. (Classical) because of this

Synonyms