# 抑是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): a̍h-sī / á-sǐ / ia̍h-sī / iah-sī / ah-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): a$^1$ si$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìshìh
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: yì-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshyh
*** Palladius: иши (iši)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$意識／意识 抑是 易事 異事／异事 義士／义士 藝事／艺事 藝士／艺士 譯釋／译释 議事／议事 軼事／轶事 逸事
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h-sī
*** Tâi-lô: a̍h-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aqsi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Penang): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻³ si²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: á-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h-sī
*** Tâi-lô: ia̍h-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaqsi
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah-sī
*** Tâi-lô: iah-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iahsi
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-sī
*** Tâi-lô: ah-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ahsi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: a$^1$ si$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /a³³⁻²³ si³⁵/

### Conjunction

抑是
* (literary or Southern Min) or
    好抑是毋好 [Hokkien] ― hó ia̍h-sī m̄ hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― okay or not okay
       Lí beh chia̍h mī a̍h-sī bí-hún? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Do you want to eat wheat noodles or rice noodles?
    From: 2015, Li Wei, Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide: Transnational Connections and Local Social Realities, Routledge →ISBN, page 209
    Do you think Teochew language should be preserved in Singapore or is Mandarin good enough?

#### Synonyms

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

#### See also

* 也是
* 猶是／犹是

### Further reading

* “Entry #3250”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.