叫是

Chinese

		to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (叫是)		叫	是

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiò-sī / kioh-sī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kiò-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioirsi
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio¹¹⁻⁵³ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kioh-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kioh-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioihsi
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si³³/

Verb

叫是

1. (Southern Min) to mistakenly believe

   你哪會佇遮？我叫是你已經去台北矣。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   你哪会伫遮？我叫是你已经去台北矣。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí ná-ē tī chia? Góa kiò-sī lí í-keng khì Tâi-pak--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Why are you here? I believed that you have gone to Taipei.

Synonyms

• 當是／当是 (dāngshì)
• 以為／以为 (yǐwéi)
• (Hakka) 恅著
• (Min Nan) 掠準／掠准