定係

See also: 定系

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (定係)		定	係
simp. (定系)		定	系

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ hai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ hai⁶
    • Yale: dihng haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² hɐi̯²²/

Conjunction

定係

1. (Cantonese) or (connects two options, where one of them needs to be chosen)

   你要蘋果定係香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你要苹果定系香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jiu³ ping⁴ gwo² ding⁶ hai⁶ hoeng¹ ziu¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Do you want an apple or a banana?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	還是
	Singapore	還是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑或
	Singapore (Guangfu)	定, 定係
Gan	Nanchang	還是
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	抑係
Huizhou	Jixi	還是
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故是
Southern Min	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Penang (Hokkien)	抑是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抑是
	Manila (Hokkien)	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是
	Singapore (Teochew)	抑是
Wu	Shanghai	還是
Xiang	Loudi	還是