原是

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (原是)		原	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-shih⁴
  - Yale: ywán-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshyh
  - Palladius: юаньши (juanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: yùhn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sī
  - Tâi-lô: guân-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/

Verb

原是

(literary) to originally be
秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。 [MSC, trad.]
秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。 [MSC, simp.]
Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó. [Pinyin]
Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.