原是

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (原是)		原	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): goân-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: yùhn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    原是
    完事
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sī
  - Tâi-lô: guân-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ ɕi³³/

Verb

原是

(literary) to originally be

秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。 [MSC, trad.]
秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。 [MSC, simp.]
Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó. [Pinyin]
Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.

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