created sense approved 可不是 · kěbushì · exactly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可不是
kěbushì
exactly
Used to express agreement with what someone else just said, meaning "certainly" or "that's just the way it is"
kěbúshì
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [emphasis] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · yes
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 可不是 · kěbushì · [rhetorical question] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可不是
kěbushì
[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..."
kěbúshì
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [emphasis] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 可不是 · kěbushì · not — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可不是
kěbushì
not
Used for emphasis to mean "is simply not" or "is definitely not"
kěbúshì
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [emphasis] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition