若是

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Chinese

 
to seem; like; as
to seem; like; as; if
 be; yes; this
trad. (若是) 若 是
simp. #(若是) 若 是

Pronunciation

Note:
  • na7 si6 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang;
  • a7 si6 - Chaozhou;
  • riag8 si6 - Singapore.

    Conjunction

    若是

    1. if; supposing

    Verb

    若是

    1. (Classical) to be like this; to be so

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
    Mandarin Beijing 要是, 要
    Taiwan 要是, 要, 如果
    Jinan 要是
    Xi'an 要是
    Wuhan 要是
    Chengdu 要是, 假比
    Yangzhou 要是, 要, 假使
    Hefei 要是, 倘此, 倘倘
    Malaysia 如果
    Singapore 如果
    Cantonese Guangzhou 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
    Hong Kong 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
    Macau 假如
    Taishan 如果, 假使
    Yangjiang 設若
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 如果
    Singapore (Guangfu) 如果
    Gan Nanchang 要是, 若是
    Lichuan 假使
    Hakka Meixian 係話, 若係, 如果
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 若果, 係講, 係話
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 係講, 若係, 假使
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 係講, 若係, 假使
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 係講, 若係, 假使
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
    Kuching (Hepo) 假使
    Jin Taiyuan 要是
    Northern Min Jian'ou 來是, 如果
    Pucheng (Shibei) 來是, 如果
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 儷是, 若還
    Southern Min Xiamen 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
    Quanzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
    Zhangzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
    Tainan 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
    Penang (Hokkien) 若是, 若準
    Singapore (Hokkien) 若是
    Manila (Hokkien) 若是, 若, 假使
    Chaozhou 若是
    Shantou 如果
    Jieyang 若, 若是
    Singapore (Teochew) 若是
    Wu Shanghai 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
    Suzhou 要, 如果
    Wenzhou 若是, 若
    Xiang Changsha 要是
    Shuangfeng 要是, 要此
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