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是但
  si6 daan6   jyutping
[1] whatever; wishy-washy; anything goes; as one pleases; not confirming to rules; casually; randomly | [] 隨便
[2] a common term for 豉油煎蛋 (due to its being nearly homophonous to ), which many kids love to eat in HK, and often used as a joke for people who reply to "what do you want to eat" with "是但", the comeback being "豉油煎蛋?" (could mean "are you still a kid?" or "are you that cheap?" because it's just soy sauce and a fried egg on rice).

是但 originates from which sounds alike. combines with to form the idiom 忌憚. means "anything can do" and 是但 takes this meaning.
adjective

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 62,400

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

This word has been viewed 6996 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 24th Jul 2004 17:32 and last edited on 2nd Apr 2015 02:33
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Characters in this word:

 si6  -  is
 daan6  -  but; however; yet
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