要是 yàoshi — if, supposing

Meanings

1. 1

   if, supposing

   If — a more spoken, more casual match for 如果, common in everyday talk and often paired with 就 in the second clause: 要是下雨，我们就不去了. The two are largely interchangeable; 要是 simply feels less like writing.

   conjunction

Character breakdown

• 是

  shì (fourth tone, falling)

  to be (am, is, are); yes, that is so; correct, right

  9 strokes⿱日正Radical 日

Example sentences

• 要是明天下雨，我们就不去公园了。/要是明天下雨，我們就不去公園了。Yàoshi (fourth tone, falling) míngtiān (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ, (third tone, dipping) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) bú (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) gōngyuán (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···

  If it rains tomorrow, we won’t go to the park.

• 你要是有问题，可以问我。/你要是有問題，可以問我。Nǐ (third tone, dipping) yàoshi (fourth tone, falling) yǒu (third tone, dipping) wèntí, (fourth tone, falling) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) wèn (fourth tone, falling) wǒ. (third tone, dipping)···

  If you have questions, you can ask me.

Similar words

Words containing 是

• 是shì (fourth tone, falling)to be (A is B)
• 就是jiù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)exactly; precisely
• 但是dànshì (fourth tone, falling)but, however
• 只是zhǐ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)merely; only; just; nothing but
• 还是/還是háishi (second tone, rising)or (in a question)
• 可是kě (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)but
• 总是/總是zǒngshì (third tone, dipping)always, invariably
• 而是ér (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)rather
• 于是/於是yú (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)thereupon
• 正是zhèng (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)is precisely
• 算是suàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)considered to be
• 或是huò (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)or
• 是不是shì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)is or isn't
• 也就是说/也就是說yě (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)in other words
• 倒是dào (fourth tone, falling) shi (neutral tone)contrary to what one might expect
• 老是lǎo (third tone, dipping) shi (neutral tone)always
• 是非shì (fourth tone, falling) fēi (first tone, high and level)right and wrong