Chinese More information former; original; primaryformer; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source, be; yes; this ... former; original; primaryformer; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source be; yes; this simp. and trad.(原是) 原 是 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): yuánshì (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4 si6 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sī Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshì Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshìh Wade–Giles: yüan2-shih4 Yale: ywán-shr̀ Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshyh Palladius: юаньши (juanʹši) Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong) Jyutping: jyun4 si6 Yale: yùhn sih Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 si6 Guangdong Romanization: yun4 xi6 Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹ siː²²/ Homophones: editedit原是完事 Southern Min (Hokkien) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sī Tâi-lô: guân-sī Phofsit Daibuun: goansi IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si²²/ IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/ IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² si²²/ IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ si³³/ Verb 原是 (literary) to originally be 秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。 [MSC, trad.]秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。 [MSC, simp.]Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó. [Pinyin]Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.