Chinese

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be; yes; this
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
trad. (是以)
simp. #(是以)
anagram 以是

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (36)
Final () (11) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyeX yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇX/ /jɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛX/ /jɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjɛX/ /ieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiə̆X/ /jɨX/
Li
Rong
/ʑieX/ /iəX/
Wang
Li
/ʑǐeX/ /jĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑie̯X/ /iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si6 ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyeX › ‹ yiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eʔ/ /*ləʔ/
English this take, use

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11645 14929
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeʔ/ /*lɯʔ/
Notes

Conjunction

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是以

  1. (literary) therefore; thus; so

Synonyms

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