可不是 kěbushì HSK7 not Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 可不是 kěbushì not adverbverb Used for emphasis to mean "is simply not" or "is definitely not" 科学可不是猜猜乐。 kēxué kěbushì cāi cāi lè. Science is not a guessing game. 我可不是佣兵。 wǒ kěbushì yōngbīng. I'm no mercenary. exactly adverb Used to express agreement with what someone else just said, meaning "certainly" or "that's just the way it is" [rhetorical question] Used in the second part of a sentence to introduce a rhetorical question, meaning "isn't it the case that..." or "wouldn't that be..." Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Written text 10.3 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 可不 kěbu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
可不是 kěbushì not adverbverb Used for emphasis to mean "is simply not" or "is definitely not" 科学可不是猜猜乐。 kēxué kěbushì cāi cāi lè. Science is not a guessing game. 我可不是佣兵。 wǒ kěbushì yōngbīng. I'm no mercenary. exactly adverb Used to express agreement with what someone else just said, meaning "certainly" or "that's just the way it is" [rhetorical question] Used in the second part of a sentence to introduce a rhetorical question, meaning "isn't it the case that..." or "wouldn't that be..." Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Written text 10.3 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 可不 kěbu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
