敢若是

Chinese

		to seem; to be like; as if to seem; to be like; as if; since; as; now that	be; yes; this
trad. (敢若是)		敢若	是
simp. #(敢若是)		敢若	是
alternative forms		較若是／较若是 Quanzhou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káⁿ-ná-sī / kà-ná-sī / kà-ná-sǐ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-ná-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kánn-ná-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvafnafsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kã⁴²⁻²⁴ na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-ná-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kà-ná-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karnafsi
    • IPA (Singapore): /ka²¹⁻⁴² na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-ná-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: kà-ná-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/

Verb

敢若是

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien) to seem; to be like; as if

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káⁿ-nā-sī / kà-nǎ-sǐ / kah-nā-sī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káⁿ-nā-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kánn-nā-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvafnaxsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-nǎ-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: kà-nǎ-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã²² si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-nā-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kah-nā-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahnaxsi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/

Conjunction

敢若是

1. (Hokkien) since; as; now that

Synonyms

• 既然 (jìrán)
• (Hokkien) 敢若