"原是" meaning in Chinese

See 原是 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 原是
  1. (literary) to originally be Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-原是-zh-verb-jJZ~uOeX Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
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              18
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              4,
              11
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              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              18
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          "english": "Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to originally be"
      ],
      "id": "en-原是-zh-verb-jJZ~uOeX",
      "links": [
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to originally be"
      ],
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        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywán-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuanshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юаньши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùhn sih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "完事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "guân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goansi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "原是"
}
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      "expansion": "原是",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with homophones",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 原",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 是",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
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        "Hokkien verbs",
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              11
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              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.",
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            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              18
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              1,
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          "english": "Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.",
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            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó.",
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            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to originally be"
      ],
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        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) to originally be"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuánshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yüan²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ywán-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuanshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juanʹši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юаньши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùhn sih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ siː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "原是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "完事",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "guân-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "goansi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "原是"
}

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