# 是但
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si$^6$ daan$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): si$^5$ an$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^6$ daan$^6$
*** Yale: sih daahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^6$ daan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^6$ dan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː²² taːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: si$^5$ an$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /si³² an³²/

### Adverb

是但
* (Cantonese) casually; randomly

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 隨便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 隨便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 求其 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 求其 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 求其, 是但 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 求其, 是但 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 隨便 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 儘採 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 隨便 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 隨便 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 亂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 凊彩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 是但, 求其 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 是但 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隨便 |
| Wu | Danyang | 隨便 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 隨便 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 隨便 |

### Adjective

是但
* (Cantonese) casual; informal
** 1985, “朦朧夜雨裏”:
       ze$^2$ jat$^1$ man$^5$ zam$^2$ ho$^2$ si$^6$ daan$^6$ [Jyutping]
       How could this kiss be so casuall?

#### Synonyms

* 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)

### Derived terms

* 是但噏
* 是是但但
* 是鬼爛但／是鬼烂但