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

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): m⁶ si⁶

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: m⁶ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̆ sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

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 edit
Classical Chinese		非
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不是, 否
Mandarin	Beijing	不是
	Taiwan	不是
	Jinan	不是
	Xi'an	不是
	Wuhan	不是
	Chengdu	不是
	Yangzhou	不是
	Hefei	不是
	Malaysia	不是
	Singapore	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