原是

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (原是)		原	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shih⁴
    • Yale: ywán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshyh
    • Palladius: юаньши (juanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: yùhn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 原是 完事

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sī
    • Tâi-lô: guân-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/

Verb

原是

1. (literary) to originally be

   秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。 [MSC, trad.]
   秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó. [Pinyin]

   Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.