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Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to be]] to be
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to be]] to be
  2. 2 síh fei 是非 — gossip, informal conversation.
  3. 3 síh fei déng 是非丁 — a gossip person.
  4. 4 síh fei dēung 是非堆 — a gossip person.
Other Readings
是
[1] indeed; yes; right; positive [2] [v] to be [3] this; that; which [4] a Chine
Words containing 是
真是
[1] it really is true | Cant.: 係; 真係 [2] is it really? | 係咩; 真係咩
是是非非
of right and wrong; truth and lies; disagreements
是日精選
today's specials
算是
[1] considered to be [2] at last
正正是
is this exactly
要不是
if not for; if it were not for; but for | Cant.: 如果唔係...(嘅話)
利是
lai see; red envelope/packet (Cantonese)
光是
solely; merely; just | [粵] 淨係, 單係
利是
(noun) Red pocket money (which put in red envelopes and given to unmarried peopl
可是
but; however (Synonyms: 但是, 不過, 然而; Cantonese: 但係)
惟獨是
only is
沉默是金
silence is golden
似是而非
(stock phrase) looks right, but is actually not
是次
this time
酒是故鄉醇
an expression to say that things (food, wine etc) from one's hometown is always
不知好笑還是好怒
lit. unsure to react by showing frustration or laugh off something odd, meaning
全無是處
absolutely without merit, totally wrong
是非
(noun) gossip
失敗是成功之母
"Failure is the mother of success" (proverb)
可不是嗎
no? don't you think so?
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