# 要是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàoshi
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄕ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^3$ si$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-sī / iàu-sǐ
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$iau-zy$_6$ / $^3$iau$_5$-zy$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàoshi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàoshi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^4$-shih$^5$
*** Yale: yàu-shr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw.shy
*** Palladius: яоши (jaoši)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$要是 鑰匙／钥匙
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^3$ si$^6$
*** Yale: yiu sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^3$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^3$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯³³ siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-sī
*** Tâi-lô: iàu-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaosi
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: iàu-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$iau-zy$_6$
*** MiniDict: iau$^去$ zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$iau-zr$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$iau$_5$-zy$_6$
*** MiniDict: iau$^去$ zy$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iæ⁵² zz̩¹¹/

### Conjunction

要是
* (colloquial) if; in case
       Yàoshi kǎoshì bù jígé dehuà, zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]
       If I don't pass my exams, what do I do?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 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) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 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 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 要是, 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 要是, 要, 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 如果 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要是 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要是, 假比 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要是, 要, 假使 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要是, 倘此, 倘倘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 假如 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 如果, 假使 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 設若 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 要是, 若是 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 假使 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 係話, 若係, 如果 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 若果, 係講, 係話 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 假使 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要是 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 來是, 如果 |
| Northern Min | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 若是, 若準 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 若是, 若, 假使 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 如果 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若, 若是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 要, 如果 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 若是, 若 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 要是 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 要是, 要此 |

### See also

* 的話／的话 (dehuà)