凡是

Chinese

		ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (凡是)		凡	是

Pronunciation

[Show/Hide]
edit edit 凡事 凡是 繁峙

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ si⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-sǐ / hoân-sī
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-zy

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-shih⁴
    • Yale: fán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnshyh
    • Palladius: фаньши (fanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: fàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 凡事 凡是 繁峙

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: huân-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² si²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-sī
    • Tâi-lô: huân-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ si³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-zy
    • MiniDict: ve^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Adverb

凡是

1. every; any; all; whatever

   凡是對他人有害的事，我們都不能去做。 [MSC, trad.]
   凡是对他人有害的事，我们都不能去做。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fánshì duì tārén yǒuhài de shì, wǒmen dōu bùnéng qù zuò. [Pinyin]

   We should not do anything which would harm others.

Synonyms

edit

• 便若 (Hokkien)
• 凡係 / 凡系 (faan⁴ hai⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 凡若 (Hokkien)
• 大凡 (dàfán)
• 舉凡 / 举凡 (jǔfán)
• 見若 / 见若 (Hokkien)