唔是

Chinese

hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not be; yes; this
simp. and trad.
(唔是) 		唔 是
alternative forms 毋是

Etymology

Cognate with Hokkien 毋是 (m̄-sī).

Pronunciation

Verb

唔是

  1. (Teochew) to not be
    我唔是你愛揣個儂。 [Teochew, trad.]
    我唔是你爱揣个侬。 [Teochew, simp.]
    ua2 m6 si6 le2 ain3 cuê7 gai7 nang5. [Peng'im]
    I'm not the person you're looking for.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不是 (“to not be”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 非
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不是, 否
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 不是
Taiwan 不是
Malaysia 不是
Singapore 不是
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 不是
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 不是
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 不是
Wuhan 不是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 不是
Hefei 不是
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔係
Hong Kong 唔係
Macau 唔係
Taishan 唔係
Yangjiang 無係
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 唔係
Singapore (Guangfu) 唔係
Gan Nanchang 不是
Hakka Meixian 毋係
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 毋係
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 毋係
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 毋係
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 毋係
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 毋係
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 毋係
Kuching (Hepo) 唔係
Jin Taiyuan 不是
Northern Min Jian'ou 伓是
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伓是
Matsu 伓是
Southern Min Xiamen 毋是
Quanzhou 毋是, 𱍤
Zhangzhou 毋是
Dongshan 毋是
Taipei 毋是
New Taipei (Sanxia) 毋是
Kaohsiung 毋是
Yilan 毋是
Changhua (Lukang) 毋是
Taichung 毋是
Tainan 毋是
Hsinchu 毋是
Kinmen 毋是
Penghu (Magong) 毋是
Penang (Hokkien) 毋是
Singapore (Hokkien) 毋是
Manila (Hokkien) 毋是
Chaozhou 唔是, 𱍤
Shantou 唔是, 𱍤, 唔𱍤
Shantou (Chaoyang) 唔是
Jieyang 唔是, 𱍤
Haifeng 唔是
Singapore (Teochew) 唔是, 𱍤
Leizhou 伓是
Wenchang 無是
Qionghai 無是
Singapore (Hainanese) 無是
Puxian Min Putian 伓是
Xianyou 伓是
Wu Shanghai 勿是
Suzhou 勿是
Hangzhou 不是
Ningbo 勿是
Wenzhou 否是
Xiang Changsha 不是
Shuangfeng 不是
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