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Chinese

to restrain; to restrict; to keep down
to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
 
 be; yes; this
simp. and trad.
(抑是) 		抑 是
alternative forms 啊是
阿是
也是
益是

Pronunciation

Conjunction

抑是

  1. (literary or Southern Min) or
    好抑是毋好   ―  hó ia̍h-sī m̄ hó   ―  okay or not okay
    你欲食麵抑是米粉？
    你欲食面抑是米粉？
    Lí beh chia̍h mī a̍h-sī bí-hún?
    Do you want to eat wheat noodles or rice noodles?

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

See also

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