要唔係 in Chinese

IPA: /jiːu̯³³ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³³ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yiu m̀h haih [Cantonese, Yale], jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu³ m⁴ hei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 要唔系 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 要唔係

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
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      "id": "en-要唔係-zh-conj-sI3G0w2A",
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        "(Cantonese) otherwise; or else"
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        {
          "roman": "yàobùshì",
          "word": "要不是"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "bùrán",
          "word": "不然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yàobùrán",
          "word": "要不然"
        }
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      "zh-pron": "jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu m̀h haih"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶"
    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "yiu³ m⁴ hei⁶"
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    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要唔係"
}

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{
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    {
      "form": "要唔系",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "roman": "yàobùshì",
      "word": "要不是"
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese conjunctions",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 係",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 唔",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 要",
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      "zh-pron": "jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu m̀h haih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ m⁴ hai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ m⁴ hei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùrán",
      "word": "不然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàobùrán",
      "word": "要不然"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要唔係"
}

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"要唔係" meaning in Chinese

Conjunction