定係

See also: 定系

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (定係)		定	係
simp. (定系)		定	系

定係

(Cantonese) or (connects two options, where one of them needs to be chosen)
你要蘋果定係香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你要苹果定系香蕉啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ jiu³ ping⁴ gwo² ding⁶ hai⁶ hoeng¹ ziu¹ aa³? [Jyutping]
Do you want an apple or a banana?

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	還是
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	還是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	時
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑或
	Dongguan	定係, 定
	Singapore (Guangfu)	定, 定係
Gan	Nanchang	還是
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	抑係
Huizhou	Jixi	還是
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故是
Southern Min	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Penang (Hokkien)	抑是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抑是
	Manila (Hokkien)	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是
	Singapore (Teochew)	抑是
Wu	Shanghai	還是
	Shanghai (Yangpu)	還是
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	還是
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	還是
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	還是
	Shanghai (Huinan, Pudong)	還是
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	還是
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	還是
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	還是
	Shanghai (Jiading)	還是
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	還是
Xiang	Loudi	還是