"不是……就是……" meaning in All languages combined

See 不是……就是…… on Wiktionary

Conjunction [Chinese]

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/ Chinese transliterations: bùshì...jiùshì... [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ... [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶... [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic:búshì...jiùshì...] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ... [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùshìh...jiòushìh... [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-shih⁴...-chiu⁴-shih⁴... [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-shr̀-...-jyòu-shr̀-... [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bushyh...jiowshyh... [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], буши...цзюши... [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], buši...czjuši... [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt sih...jauh sih... [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ si⁶...dzau⁶ si⁶... [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ xi⁶...zeo⁶ xi⁶... [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 不是……就是……
  1. not ... then ... Synonyms: 唔係……就係…… [Cantonese], 唔系……就系…… [Cantonese] Related terms: 不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...), 就是 (jiùshì)
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
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        {
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          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
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          "english": "If he is not a Brit, then he is an American. / He's either a Brit or an American.",
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          "roman": "Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén.",
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          "text": "他不是英國人,就是美國人。",
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          "roman": "Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén.",
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        "not ... then ..."
      ],
      "id": "en-不是……就是……-zh-conj-fFFgWOAZ",
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          "not",
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        [
          "then",
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          "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
          "word": "不是……而是……"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùshì",
          "word": "就是"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
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          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "唔係……就係……"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "唔系……就系……"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì...jiùshì..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic:búshì...jiùshì...]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshìh...jiòushìh..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴...-chiu⁴-shih⁴..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shr̀-...-jyòu-shr̀-..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushyh...jiowshyh..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буши...цзюши..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buši...czjuši..."
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sih...jauh sih..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ si⁶...dzau⁶ si⁶..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xi⁶...zeo⁶ xi⁶..."
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshì...jiùshì...]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不是……就是……"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
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      "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
      "word": "不是……而是……"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùshì",
      "word": "就是"
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 就",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 是",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Mandarin conjunctions",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
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          "roman": "Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, jiùshì Měiguórén.",
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          "text": "他不是英國人,就是美國人。",
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          "text": "他不是英国人,就是美国人。",
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        "not ... then ..."
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          "not",
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          "then",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùshì...jiùshì..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ si⁶...zau⁶ si⁶..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì...jiùshì... [Phonetic:búshì...jiùshì...]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshìh...jiòushìh..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴...-chiu⁴-shih⁴..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shr̀-...-jyòu-shr̀-..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushyh...jiowshyh..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буши...цзюши..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buši...czjuši..."
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sih...jauh sih..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ si⁶...dzau⁶ si⁶..."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xi⁶...zeo⁶ xi⁶..."
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshì...jiùshì...]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔係……就係……"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔系……就系……"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不是……就是……"
}

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