# 唔係
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m$^4$ hai$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): m$^3$ hai$^5$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): m$^2$ hê$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: m$^4$ hai$^6$
*** Yale: m̀h haih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: m$^4$ hai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: m$^4$ hei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: m$^3$ hai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /m̩²² hai³²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: m$^2$ hê$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /m̩¹¹ he⁵³/

### Verb

唔係
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to not be
* (Cantonese, Hakka) Used in interrogative sentences, to express a certain emotion. Equivalent to “... not ... ?”
       ngo$^5$ m$^4$ hai$^6$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ tung$^4$ nei$^5$ gong$^2$ zo$^2$ me$^1$? [Jyutping]
       Didn't I already talk to you about this/it?

#### Synonyms

* (not be): 咪 (mī)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 非 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不是, 否 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 不是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 不是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不是 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 不是 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 不是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 不是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 不是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 不是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 不是 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔係 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔係 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 唔係 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔係 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 無係 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 唔係 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔係 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不是 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋係 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔係 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不是 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓是 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伓是 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伓是 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毋是, 𱍤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毋是 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 唔是, 𱍤 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 唔是, 𱍤, 唔𱍤 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 唔是 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 唔是, 𱍤 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 唔是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 唔是, 𱍤 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 伓是 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 無是 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 無是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無是 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 伓是 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 伓是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿是 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 勿是 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 不是 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 勿是 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 否是 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 不是 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 不是 |

### Conjunction

唔係
* (Cantonese) otherwise
** 1957, 王力, “穗語舉例（三）·血的教訓（續）”, in 廣東話淺說, 1st edition, 文字改革出版社, page 103:
       ni$^1$ di$^1$ dak$^6$ mou$^6$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ zeoi$^6$ daai$^6$ ok$^3$ gik$^6$, zuk$^1$ dou$^{3-2}$ jat$^1$ ding$^6$ jim$^4$ zung$^6$ baan$^6$ ge$^3$, m$^4$ hai$^6$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ zau$^6$ mou$^5$ on$^1$ lok$^6$ jat$^6$ zi$^2$ gwo$^3$ gaa$^3$ laak$^3$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (otherwise):
* 不然 (bùrán)
* 冇是 (Southern Pinghua)
* 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
* 再不然 (zàibùrán)
* 勿然 ($^8$veq-zoe) (Wu)
* 否則／否则 (fǒuzé)
* 唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
* 如咪 (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* 抑無／抑无 (Hokkien)
* 欲無／欲无 (Hokkien)
* 若唔係／若唔系 (Teochew)
* 若無／若无 (Hokkien)
* 要不 (yàobù)
* 要不然 (yàobùrán)