是不是 shìbushì HSK1 is it or not Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 是不是 shìbushì is it or not verb Used to ask for confirmation or to form a question about whether something is true; is it the case that...; isn't it? 你来自南方，是不是？ nǐ láizì nánfāng, shìbushì? You're from the South, aren't you? 都是她的错，是不是？ dōu shì tā de cuò, shìbushì? It’s all her fault, isn’t it? whether or not verb Used to express a choice or uncertainty between two possibilities. 猫不在乎你是不是疯子。 māo bùzàihu nǐ shìbushì fēngzi. Cats don't care if you're crazy. 我们会看到他是不是正确的。 wǒmen huì kàn dào tā shìbushì zhèngquè de. We'll see if he's right. at any time (Literary) frequently; regardless of the occasion; at any moment (often suffixed with 的 de) perhaps Used as an adverb to express uncertainty or a tentative guess; maybe; possibly Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 13.1 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 148.1 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 1 Cross-References Synonym 是否 shìfǒu莫不是 mòbùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
是不是 shìbushì is it or not verb Used to ask for confirmation or to form a question about whether something is true; is it the case that...; isn't it? 你来自南方，是不是？ nǐ láizì nánfāng, shìbushì? You're from the South, aren't you? 都是她的错，是不是？ dōu shì tā de cuò, shìbushì? It’s all her fault, isn’t it? whether or not verb Used to express a choice or uncertainty between two possibilities. 猫不在乎你是不是疯子。 māo bùzàihu nǐ shìbushì fēngzi. Cats don't care if you're crazy. 我们会看到他是不是正确的。 wǒmen huì kàn dào tā shìbushì zhèngquè de. We'll see if he's right. at any time (Literary) frequently; regardless of the occasion; at any moment (often suffixed with 的 de) perhaps Used as an adverb to express uncertainty or a tentative guess; maybe; possibly Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 13.1 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 148.1 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 1 Cross-References Synonym 是否 shìfǒu莫不是 mòbùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
