"而是" meaning in All languages combined

See 而是 on Wiktionary

Conjunction [Chinese]

IPA: /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiː²¹ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /jiː²¹ siː²²/ Chinese transliterations: érshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄦˊ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ji⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], érshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], érshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], êrh²-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ér-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale], erlshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], эрши [Mandarin, Palladius], erši [Mandarin, Palladius], yìh sih [Cantonese, Yale], ji⁴ si⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yi⁴ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 而是
  1. but; rather Synonyms: 而係 [Cantonese], 而系 [Cantonese] Derived forms: 不是……而是…… (bùshì...érshì...)
    Sense id: en-而是-zh-conj-XHfxY3C8 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
          "word": "不是……而是……"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "not A, but rather B",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùshì A érshì B",
          "text": "不是A而是B",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but; rather"
      ],
      "id": "en-而是-zh-conj-XHfxY3C8",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "而係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "而系"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эрши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而是"
}
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    {
      "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
      "word": "不是……而是……"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "而是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese conjunctions",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese conjunctions",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 是",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin conjunctions",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "not A, but rather B",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùshì A érshì B",
          "text": "不是A而是B",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but; rather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эрши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "而係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "而系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而是"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 而是 meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
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