真是

zan1 si6

[1] it really is true | Cant.: 係; 真係 [2] is it really? | 係咩; 真係咩

是是非非

si6 si6 fei1 fei1

of right and wrong; truth and lies; disagreements

是日精選

si6 jat6 zing1 syun2

today's specials

算是

syun3 si6

[1] considered to be [2] at last

正正是

zing3 zing3 si6

is this exactly

要不是

jiu3 bat1 si6

if not for; if it were not for; but for | Cant.: 如果唔係...(嘅話)

利是

lai6 si6

lai see; red envelope/packet (Cantonese)

光是

gwong1 si6

solely; merely; just | [粵] 淨係, 單係

利是

lei6 si6

(noun) Red pocket money (which put in red envelopes and given to unmarried peopl

可是

ho2 si6

but; however (Synonyms: 但是, 不過, 然而; Cantonese: 但係)

惟獨是

wai4 duk6 si6

only is

沉默是金

cam4 mak6 si6 gam1

silence is golden

似是而非

ci5 si6 ji4 fei1

(stock phrase) looks right, but is actually not

是次

si6 ci3

this time

酒是故鄉醇

zau2 si6 gu3 hoeng1 seon4

an expression to say that things (food, wine etc) from one's hometown is always

不知好笑還是好怒

bat1 zi1 hou2 siu3 waan4 si6 hou2 nou6

lit. unsure to react by showing frustration or laugh off something odd, meaning

全無是處

cyun4 mou4 si6 cyu3

absolutely without merit, totally wrong

是非

si6 fei1

(noun) gossip

失敗是成功之母

sat1 baai6 si6 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5

"Failure is the mother of success" (proverb)

可不是嗎

ho2 bat1 si6 maa1

no? don't you think so?