硬是

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (硬是)		硬	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngǐ-sǐ / ngī-sī / ngēe-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yìng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyh
    • Palladius: инши (inši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: ngaahng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: ngǐ-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-sī
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-sī
    • Tâi-lô: ngēe-sī
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ si²²/

Adverb

硬是

1. actually (accomplishing something extremely difficult)
2. just; simply