定係

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See also: 定系

Chinese

to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
be; connection; relation
be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
 
trad. (定係) 定 係
simp. (定系) 定 系

Pronunciation

Conjunction

定係

  1. (Cantonese) or (connects two options, where one of them needs to be chosen)
    你要蘋果定係香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你要苹果定系香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jiu3 ping4 gwo2 ding6 hai6 hoeng1 ziu1 aa3?
    Do you want an apple or a banana?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 還是
Singapore 還是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 還是
Cantonese Guangzhou 定係, 定
Hong Kong 定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
Taishan 毋, 毋又, 抑或
Singapore (Guangfu) 定, 定係
Gan Nanchang 還是
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 還係, 也係
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 還係, 也係
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 還係, 也係
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 還係, 也係
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 還係, 也係
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 抑係
Huizhou Jixi 還是
Eastern Min Fuzhou 故是
Southern Min Xiamen 抑是, 抑
Quanzhou 抑是, 抑
Zhangzhou 抑是, 抑
Taipei 抑是
Penang (Hokkien) 抑是
Singapore (Hokkien) 抑是
Manila (Hokkien) 抑是
Chaozhou 抑是
Singapore (Teochew) 抑是
Wu Shanghai 還是
Xiang Loudi 還是
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