若是

Chinese

		to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	be; yes; this
trad. (若是)		若	是
simp. ^#(若是)		若	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruòshì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ si⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): iŏk-sê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nā-sī / nǎ-sǐ / ā-sī

(Teochew, Peng'im): na⁷ si⁶ / a⁷ si⁶ / riag⁸ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruòshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruòshìh
  - Wade–Giles: jo⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: rwò-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohshyh
  - Palladius: жоши (žoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    弱勢 / 弱势
    弱視 / 弱视
    若是
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: yeuhk sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² siː²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iŏk-sê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: na⁷ si⁶ / a⁷ si⁶ / riag⁸ si⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nā sĭ / ā sĭ / jia̍k sĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /na¹¹ si³⁵/, /a¹¹ si³⁵/, /d͡ziak̚⁴⁻² si³⁵/

Note:

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], “一百萬 [One Million Dollars]”:
  
  若是我有一百萬 [Hokkien, trad.]
  若是我有一百万 [Hokkien, simp.]
  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

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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)		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
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Malaysia	如果
	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
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 若果, 假使
	Kaiping (Chikan)	若果
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
Gan	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	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
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
	Wenchang	但見, 欲
	Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
Xiang	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此