倒是

倒是

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (倒是)		倒	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ si⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tó-sǐ / tó-sī / táu-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: dàoshì → dàoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.shyh
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ si⁶
    • Yale: dou sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ xi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tó-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tó-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doysi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: táu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dawsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/

Adverb

倒是

1. on the contrary; actually