而是

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而是

érshì Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄦˊ ㄕˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
ji⁴ si⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
érshì Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄦˊ ㄕˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
érshìh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
êrh²-shih⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
ér-shr̀ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
erlshyh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
эрши Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
ji⁴ si⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
yìh sih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
yi⁴ xi⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/jiː²¹ siː²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

conjunction

但；否定前一句的意思不是A而是B

Similar: 而係, 而系

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conjunction

Similar: 而係, 而系

In English

instead of in lieu of; in place of; rather than

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {而是},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%8C%E6%98%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}