不是……就是……

Chinese

		to not be	Ellipsis.	to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
simp. and trad. (不是……就是……)		不是	……	就是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùshì...jiùshì...

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶... zau⁶ si⁶...

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic: búshì...jiùshì...]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ...
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4shyh...jiowshyh...
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶... zau⁶ si⁶...
  - Yale: bāt sih... jauh sih...
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶... dzau⁶ si⁶...
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶... zeo⁶ xi⁶...
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²² /

Conjunction

不是……就是……

not ... then ...

他不是英國人，就是美國人。 [MSC, trad.]
他不是英国人，就是美国人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén. [Pinyin]
If he is not a Brit, then he is an American. / He's either a Brit or an American.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 唔係……就係……／唔系……就系……

See also

不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...)
就是 (jiùshì)

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