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凡是

凡是

Chinese

		ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (凡是)		凡	是

Adverb

凡是

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

舉凡／举凡 (jǔfán)
(Cantonese, Hakka) 凡係／凡系

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hoân-sǐ / hoân-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanrshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    凡事
    凡是
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: fàahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn²¹ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    凡事
    凡是
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: huân-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-sī
  - Tâi-lô: huân-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoansi
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² ɕi²²/