硬是

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (硬是)		硬	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngǐ-sǐ / ngī-sī / ngēe-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: yìng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyh
  - Palladius: инши (inši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaang⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: ngaahng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: ngǐ-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-sī
  - Tâi-lô: ngī-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngixsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-sī
  - Tâi-lô: ngēe-sī
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ si²²/

Adverb

硬是

actually (accomplishing something extremely difficult)
just; simply