是但

Chinese

		be; yes; this	but; yet; however but; yet; however; only; merely; still
simp. and trad. (是但)		是	但
alternative forms		是旦 事旦 事但
anagram		但是

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si⁶ daan⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): si⁵ an⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ daan⁶
    • Yale: sih daahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ daan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ dan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² taːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: si⁵ an⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³² an³²/

Adverb

是但

1. (Cantonese) casually; randomly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隨便 (“casually; as one pleases; at random”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隨便
Mandarin	Taiwan	隨便
	Yangzhou	隨便
	Nanjing	隨便
	Malaysia	隨便
	Singapore	隨便
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	隨便
	Macau	是但
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	是但, 隨便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	是但
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隨便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	是但
	Foshan	是但, 隨便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	是但
	Foshan (Shunde)	是但
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隨便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	求其
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	是但
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	是但
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	求其
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	是但, 隨便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	是但
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	求其, 是但
	Taishan	是但, 求其
	Kaiping (Chikan)	是但, 求其
	Enping (Niujiang)	求其, 是但
	Heshan (Yayao)	是但, 隨便
	Dongguan	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	是但
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隨便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隨便
Gan	Nanchang	隨便
Hakka	Meixian	隨便
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	隨便
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隨便
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隨便
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隨便
	Conghua (Lütian)	隨便
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	儘採
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	儘採
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	儘採
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	儘採
Huizhou	Jixi	隨便
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	隨便
Southern Min	Xiamen	凊彩
	Quanzhou	凊彩
	Anxi	凊彩
	Zhangzhou	凊彩
	Zhao'an	凊彩
	Dongshan	凊彩
	Tainan	凊彩
	Penang (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Manila (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Chaozhou	亂
	Shantou	亂, 凊彩
	Jieyang	亂, 凊彩
	Lufeng	凊彩
	Haifeng	凊彩
	Singapore (Teochew)	亂, 凊彩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	凊彩
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	是但, 求其
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	是但
Wu	Shanghai	隨便
	Danyang	隨便
	Jinhua	隨便
Xiang	Loudi	隨便

Adjective

是但

1. (Cantonese) casual; informal
   • 1985, “朦朧夜雨裏”:

     這一吻怎可事但 [Cantonese, trad.]
     这一吻怎可事但 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ze² jat¹ man⁵ zam² ho² si⁶ daan⁶ [Jyutping]

     How could this kiss be so casuall?

Synonyms

• 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)

Derived terms

• 是但噏
• 是是但但
• 是鬼爛但／是鬼烂但