敢毋是

Chinese

		dare	to not be
trad. (敢毋是)		敢	毋是
simp. ^#(敢毋是)		敢	毋是
alternative forms		敢伓是敢不是

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kám-m̄-sī / kiám-m̄-sī / káⁿ-m̄-sī / káⁿ-m̄-sǐ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-m̄-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kám-m̄-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafmmxsi
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-m̄-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kiám-m̄-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmmxsi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-m̄-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kánn-m̄-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvafmxsi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-m̄-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: kánn-m̄-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ m̩⁴¹⁻²² si²²/

Phrase

敢毋是

(Hokkien) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 敢,‎ 毋是.
(Hokkien) isn't it not so? (used as a tag question)
敢毋是按呢？ [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
Kám-m̄-sī án-ni? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Isn't not like that?

汝敢毋是醫生？ [Hokkien, trad.]
汝敢毋是医生？ [Hokkien, simp.]
Lí kám-m̄-sī i-seng? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Aren't you not a doctor?

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 毋著無 (m̄-tio̍h--bô), 著毋著 (tio̍h-m̄-tio̍h), 是毋是 (sī-m̄-sī / sǐ-m̄-sǐ), 是毋 (sī-m̄ / sǐ--m̄)
不是嗎／不是吗 (bùshì ma)
豈不是／岂不是 (qǐbùshì)
莫不是 (mòbùshì)
莫非 (mòfēi)
難道／难道 (nándào)

Antonyms

(Hokkien) 敢是 (kám-sī / kiám-sī / káⁿ-sī / káⁿ-sǐ)
豈是／岂是 (qǐshì)

Further reading

Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “kám-m̄-sī”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 422; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 422
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “敢不是”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
周长楫 [Zhōu, Chángjí], editor (2006), “敢伓是”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 330.