而是

Chinese

		and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (而是)		而	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): érshì

(Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: érshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: érshìh
  - Wade–Giles: êrh²-shih⁴
  - Yale: ér-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlshyh
  - Palladius: эрши (erši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: yìh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ siː²²/

Conjunction

而是

but; rather
不是 A而是B ― bùshì A érshì B ― not A, but rather B

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 而係／而系

Derived terms

不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...)

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