虽是
虽是雖是 suī shì ㄙㄨㄟ ㄕˋ seoi1 si6
- although
- even though
- even if
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More words with these characters
虽
- 虽然雖然 suī rán ㄙㄨㄟ ㄖㄢˊ seoi1 jin4 although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 虽说雖說 suī shuō ㄙㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄛ seoi1 syut3 though
- 虽则雖則 suī zé ㄙㄨㄟ ㄗㄜˊ seoi1 zak1 nevertheless
- 话虽如此話雖如此 huà suī rú cǐ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄟ ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ waa6 seoi1 jyu4 ci2 be that as it may
- 虽败犹荣雖敗猶榮 suī bài yóu róng ㄙㄨㄟ ㄅㄞˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ seoi1 baai6 jau4 wing4 honorable even in defeat (idiom)
- 虽死犹荣雖死猶榮 suī sǐ yóu róng ㄙㄨㄟ ㄙˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ seoi1 sei2 jau4 wing4 lit. although dead, also honored; died a glorious death
是
- 但是 dàn shì ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ daan6 si6 but; however
- 便是 biàn shì ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ bin6 si6 (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
- 倒是 dào shi ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ dou3 si6 contrary to what one might expect
- 光是 guāng shì ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕˋ gwong1 si6 solely
- 凡是 fán shì ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ faan4 si6 each and every; every; all; any
- 却是卻是 què shì ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕˋ koek3 si6 nevertheless
Idioms with these characters
- 虽败犹荣雖敗猶榮 suī bài yóu róng ㄙㄨㄟ ㄅㄞˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ seoi1 baai6 jau4 wing4 honorable even in defeat (idiom)
- 虽死犹生雖死猶生 suī sǐ yóu shēng ㄙㄨㄟ ㄙˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ seoi1 sei2 jau4 sang1 lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit
- 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi ㄅㄢ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ bun1 lung6 si6 fei1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
- 沉默是金 chén mò shì jīn ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄣ cam4 mak6 si6 gam1 silence is golden (idiom)
- 颠倒是非顛倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ din1 dou2 si6 fei1 (idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
- 独行其是獨行其是 dú xíng qí shì ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ duk6 hang4 kei4 si6 to go one's own way (idiom); to act independently without asking others
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì ㄈㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄕˋ fu2 sap6 gaai1 si6 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)