kě​bu​shì HSK7

not

Senses

可不是 kě​bu​shì (also kě​bú​shì) not

Used for emphasis to mean "is simply not" or "is definitely not"

可不是 kě​bu​shì (also kě​bú​shì) exactly

Used to express agreement with what someone else just said, meaning "certainly" or "that's just the way it is"

可不是 kě​bu​shì (also kě​bú​shì) [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..."

References

same_as 可不/可不 可不是/可不是