不是……就是……

Chinese

		to not be		to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
simp. and trad. (不是……就是……)		不是	……	就是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùshì...jiùshì...

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶...

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic: búshì...jiùshì...]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùshìh...jiòushìh...
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih⁴...-chiu⁴-shih⁴...
  - Yale: bù-shr̀-...-jyòu-shr̀-...
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh...jiowshyh...
  - Palladius: буши...цзюши... (buši...czjuši...)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶...
  - Yale: bāt sih...jauh sih...
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶...dzau⁶ si⁶...
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶...zeo⁶ xi⁶...
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/

Conjunction

不是……就是……

not ... then ...
他不是英國人，就是美國人。 [MSC, trad.]
他不是英国人，就是美国人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén. [Pinyin]
If he is not a Brit, then he is an American. / He's either a Brit or an American.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 唔係……就係……／唔系……就系……

See also

不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...)
就是 (jiùshì)