敢若是
Chinese
| be; yes; this | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (敢若是) | 敢若 | 是 | |
| simp. #(敢若是) | 敢若 | 是 | |
| alternative forms | 較若是／较若是 Quanzhou | ||
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káⁿ-ná-sī / kà-ná-sī / kà-ná-sǐ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-ná-sī
- Tâi-lô: kánn-ná-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvafnafsi
- IPA (Xiamen): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
- IPA (Singapore): /kã⁴²⁻²⁴ na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-ná-sī
- Tâi-lô: kà-ná-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: karnafsi
- IPA (Singapore): /ka²¹⁻⁴² na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-ná-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: kà-ná-sǐ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
Verb
敢若是
Synonyms
- 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
- 似 (ci5) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 似如 (si4 y2) (Xiang)
- 像 (xiàng)
- 像係 / 像系 (Hakka)
- 像是 (xiàngshì)
- 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
- 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
- 儼若 / 俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
- 勝如 / 胜如 (5sen-zy) (Wu)
- 好似 (hǎosì)
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- 如同 (rútóng)
- 好比 (hǎobǐ)
- 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
- 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
- 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
- 就像 (jiùxiàng)
- 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
- 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
- 恰像 (Hokkien)
- 恍若 (huǎngruò)
- 恰親像 / 恰亲像 (Hokkien)
- 敢若 (Hokkien)
- 𣍐輸 / 𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
- 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
- 猶似 / 犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
- 猶像 / 犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
- 猶如 / 犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
- 甲像 (Hokkien)
- 甲像是 (Hokkien)
- 甲親像 / 甲亲像 (Hokkien)
- 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
- 看似 (kànsì)
- 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
- 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
- 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
- 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 若像 (Hokkien)
- 若親像 / 若亲像 (Hokkien)
- 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
- 親像 / 亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 象 (xiàng)
- 貌似 (màosì)
- 賽可 / 赛可 (Ningbonese)
- 賽過 / 赛过 (Suzhounese)
- 較像 / 较像 (Hokkien)
- 較像是 / 较像是 (Hokkien)
- 較親像 / 较亲像 (Hokkien)
- 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好像, 似乎, 彷彿 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好像 |
| Malaysia | 好像 | |
| Singapore | 好像 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好似 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 好似 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 親像 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 親像 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 親像 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 親像 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 親像 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 親像 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 恰像, 恰親像 |
| Quanzhou | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 | |
| Zhangzhou | 親像, 恰像 | |
| Tainan | 敢若 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 敢若 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 賽過 |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káⁿ-nā-sī / kà-nǎ-sǐ / kah-nā-sī
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-nā-sī
- Tâi-lô: kánn-nā-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvafnaxsi
- IPA (Xiamen): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-nǎ-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: kà-nǎ-sǐ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã²² si²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-nā-sī
- Tâi-lô: kah-nā-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: kahnaxsi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Conjunction
敢若是