係咪 (hai6 mai6/6*2 | ) : to be or not to be

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係咪

hai6 mai6/6*2

Contraction of 係唔係 [1] to be or not to be; is it or is it not? | Std. Chin.: 是不是 [2] hai6 mai62 (rhetorical) isn't it?; is it? is it not the case? | Std. Chin.: 不是嗎

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

係咪

This word has been viewed 11111 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jan 2006 19:09 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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係 hai6 - yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be
咪 mai1 mai5 mai6 - cat's mew; study hard; don't

1 compounds containing this word:

係咪先 - do you agree with me? don't you!

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佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵
Is he/she a local?

你係咪真係完全明白啊？粵
Do you really understand everything?

你後日係咪游水粵
Are you going swimming the day after tomorrow?
[This is just a simple yes-no question. You can replace the verb-object pair with anything you like.]

你後日係咪去游水粵
Are you still going swimming with me, the day after tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 去 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is far away from both of you.]

係咪想賣保險嗰啲人呀？粵
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?

你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎粵
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]

你守得秘密㗎係咪？粵
You can keep a secret, right?

你係咪睇緊三級片？粵
Are you watching porn?
[Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie?]

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

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