# 若是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ruòshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joek$^6$ si$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): iŏk-sê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nā-sī / nǎ-sǐ / ā-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): na$^7$ si$^6$ / a$^7$ si$^6$ / riag$^8$ si$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ruòshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ruòshìh
*** Wade–Giles: jo$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: rwò-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohshyh
*** Palladius: жоши (žoši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$弱勢／弱势 弱視／弱视 若是
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joek$^6$ si$^6$
*** Yale: yeuhk sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joek$^9$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêg$^6$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːk̚² siː²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iŏk-sê
*** Sinological IPA : /yoʔ⁵⁻²¹ sɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-sī
*** Tâi-lô: nā-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naxsi
*** IPA (Penang): /na²¹ si²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã³³⁻²¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /na²²⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nã³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: nǎ-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²² si²²/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ā-sī
*** Tâi-lô: ā-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: axsi
*** IPA (Penang): /a²¹ si²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: na$^7$ si$^6$ / a$^7$ si$^6$ / riag$^8$ si$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nā sĭ / ā sĭ / jia̍k sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /na¹¹ si³⁵/, /a¹¹ si³⁵/, /d͡ziak̚⁴⁻² si³⁵/
* na7 si6 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang;
* a7 si6 - Chaozhou;
* riag8 si6 - Singapore.

### Conjunction

若是
* if; supposing
** 2001, 黃一飛 (馬來西亞歌手) [Freddie Huang Yi Fei] (lyrics and music), “一百萬 [One Million Dollars]”:
       nā-sī góa iú chi̍t pah-bān [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       If I had a million [dollars]

### Verb

若是
* (Classical) to be like this; to be so

#### 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 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 但見, 欲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 麼是, 設如, 設使 |
| 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 |