to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order |
still; nevertheless; yet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (定還是) | 定 | 還是 | |
| simp. (定还是) | 定 | 还是 | |
定還是
| 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 |