yes and no

English

An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
Is she happy? — Yes and no, hard to say.

Have you been to Paris? — Yes and no. I've been to the airport, but didn't get to see the city.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yes,‎ and,‎ no.
You can only use yes and no answers.

indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer

Arabic: نَعْم وَلَا (naʕm walā), بَلَى وَنَعْم (balā wanaʕm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 既肯定又否定 (jì kěndìng yòu fǒudìng) (no exact equivalent exists)
Dutch: ja en nee
Esperanto: jes kaj ne
Finnish: kyllä ja ei
French: oui et non
Galician: si e non
German: jein (de), ja und nein
Hungarian: igen is, nem is, igen is meg nem is, is-is
Italian: nì (it)
Japanese: そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える (sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru) (no exact equivalent exists)
Korean: 그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고 (geureokido hago anigido hago) (no exact equivalent exists), 네니요 (neniyo) (nonstandard)
Polish: i tak, i nie, tak i nie
Portuguese: sim e não (pt)
Russian: и да и нет (i da i net)
Spanish: sí y no
Swedish: både ja och nej, nja (sv)
West Frisian: ja en nee

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