即是 [－－]

Jyutping zik1 si6
Pinyin jí shì

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. that is
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 連詞
    即​係​話​；​代表
    that means
    • 佢咁耐冇表示，即是佢唔想結婚住囉。
      佢咁耐冇表示，即是佢唔想结婚住啰。
      keoi5 gam3 noi6 mou5 biu2 si6, zik1 si6 keoi5 m4 soeng2 git3 fan1 zyu6 lo1.
      He didn't do anything special (to propose to you), that means he doesn't want to get married yet.
  2. 連詞
    用​另​一個​方法​表達
    in other words; let me put it this way
    • 即是我鍾意，都唔一定要買𠺢嘛。
      即是我钟意，都唔一定要买𠺢嘛。
      zik1 si6 ngo5 zung1 ji3, dou1 m4 jat1 ding6 jiu3 maa5 gaa1 maa3.
      Let me put it this way. Even I do like it, I don't have to buy it.
  3. 近義詞
    即係
  4. 動詞、書面語
    即​係​、​就​係​；​表示​兩樣​嘢​等同
    is; equivalent to; that is
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    is precisely; is none other than
    (syn.) 就是, 便是
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    即是说石油的一个特性是浮于水面。
    即是説石油的一個特性是浮於水面。
    jí shì shuō shí yóu de yí gè tè xìng shì fú yú shuǐ miàn 。
    • One quality of oil is that it floats on water.
  2. Mandarin
    人生即是一场梦。
    人生即是一場夢。
    rén shēng jí shì yì cháng mèng 。
    • Life is a dream.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 色即是空，空即是色
    色即是空，空即是色
    • Form is not different from emptiness, and emptiness is not different from form. (Heart Sutra)
  2. Cantonese
    佢咁耐冇表示，即是佢唔想结婚住啰。
    佢咁耐冇表示，即是佢唔想結婚住囉。
    keoi5 gam3 noi6 mou5 biu2 si6, zik1 si6 keoi5 m4 soeng2 git3 fan1 zyu6 lo1.
    • He didn't do anything special (to propose to you), that means he doesn't want to get married yet.
  3. Cantonese
    即是我钟意，都唔一定要买𠺢嘛。
    即是我鍾意，都唔一定要買𠺢嘛。
    zik1 si6 ngo5 zung1 ji3, dou1 m4 jat1 ding6 jiu3 maa5 gaa1 maa3.
    • Let me put it this way. Even I do like it, I don't have to buy it.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    我赞成同工不同酬，但机构成个lump sum嘅人工唔可以少，即是唔系要嚟畀机构悭钱。
    我贊成同工不同酬，但機構成個lump sum嘅人工唔可以少，即是唔係要嚟畀機構慳錢。
    yue:我贊成同工不同酬，但機構成個lump sum嘅人工唔可以少，即是唔係要嚟畀機構慳錢。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    色即是空，空即是色。
    色即是空，空即是色。
    sè jí shì kōng ， kōng jí shì sè ．
    • X
  2. Mandarin
    然而还有一件事，即是从自己经验中考证这些结论，吸收那些用得着的东西，拒绝那些用不着的东西，增加那些自己所特有的东西。
    然而還有一件事，即是從自己經驗中考證這些結論，吸收那些用得着的東西，拒絕那些用不着的東西，增加那些自己所特有的東西。
    Ｒáｎéｒ hái yǒu yī jiàn shì ， jí shì cóng zì jǐ jīng yàn zhōng kǎo zhèng zhè xiē jié lùn ， xī shōu nà xiē yòng de zháo de dōng xi ， jù jué nà xiē yòng bù zháo de dōng xi ， zēng jiā nà xiē zì jǐ suǒ tè yǒu de dōng xi ．
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    这种三民主义即是孙中山的三大政策，即联俄、联共和扶助农工政策的三民主义。
    這種三民主義即是孫中山的三大政策，即聯俄、聯共和扶助農工政策的三民主義。
    zhè zhǒng sān mín zhǔ yì jí shì sūn zhōng shān de sān dà zhèng cè ， jí lián é ， lián gòng hé fú zhù nóng gōng zhèng cè de sān mín zhǔ yì ．
    • These Three People's Principles embody Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Three Great Policies—alliance with Russia, co-operation with the Communist Party and assistance to the peasants and workers.