也是

Chinese

		also; too	be; yes; this
trad. (也是)		也	是
simp. ^#(也是)		也	是
anagram		是也

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yěshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye³ si⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁵ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ā-sī / ǎ-sǐ / iā-sī / iǎ-sǐ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yěshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yěshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³-shih⁴
  - Yale: yě-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeshyh
  - Palladius: еши (ješi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ye³ si⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ies
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ⁵³ sz̩²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jaa⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: yáh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁵ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya⁵ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː¹³ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ā-sī
  - Tâi-lô: ā-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: axsi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a³³⁻²¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a³³⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: ǎ-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a²² ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-sī
  - Tâi-lô: iā-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxsi
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ ɕi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iǎ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: iǎ-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²² ɕi²²/

Verb

也是

(pseudoverb) to also be

Synonyms

(literary) 亦然 (yìrán)
(Cantonese) 都係／都系
(Hokkien) 嘛是

Derived terms

也是醉了 (yě shì zuì le)

See also

(Hokkien) 抑是, 猶是／犹是

Interjection

也是

that's true
(colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 又係／又系

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