要是

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	be; yes; this
trad. (要是)		要	是
simp. #(要是)		要	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàoshi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ si⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-sī / iàu-sǐ
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵iau-zy₆ / ³iau₅-zy₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàoshi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàoshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: yàu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw.shy
    • Palladius: яоши (jaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ si⁶
    • Yale: yiu sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaosi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵iau-zy₆
    • MiniDict: iau^去 zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²iau-zr₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³iau₅-zy₆
    • MiniDict: iau^去 zy^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iæ⁵² zz̩¹¹/

Conjunction

要是

1. (colloquial) if; in case

   要是考試不及格的話，怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
   要是考试不及格的话，怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yàoshi kǎoshì bù jígé dehuà, zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]

   If I don't pass my exams, what do I do?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Malaysia	如果
	Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
	Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
	Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 假使
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
	Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
	Wenchang	但見, 欲
	Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此

See also

• 的話／的话 (dehuà)