是誰

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chinese

[edit]
be; yes; this who
trad. (是誰)
simp. (是谁)
alternative forms 舐誰舐谁
舐𪘧 Zhangzhou

Etymology

[edit]

Probably from the vernacular readings of the two characters with assimilation. Zhangzhou chī-choa̍h is a contraction of 是誰仔是谁仔 (chī-chūi-á).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Pronoun

[edit]

是誰

  1. (Hokkien, chiefly Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, dated in Taiwanese Hokkien) who; whom

Synonyms

[edit]