kě​bukě​bù

exactly

  • created reference approved 可不 → 可不是 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可不 kě​bu

    可不是 kě​bu​shì

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 可不 → 岂不/豈不 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可不 kě​bù

    岂不 / 豈不 qǐ​bù

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 可不 · kě​bu · exactly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可不

    kě​bu

    exactly

    Used to express strong agreement or to show that something is obviously true, meaning "exactly!" or "isn't that so?".

    kě​bù

    可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [emphasis] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 可不 · kě​bù · wouldn't it be — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可不

    kě​bù

    wouldn't it be

    (literary) Used as a rhetorical question similar to "wouldn't it be" or "isn't it".

    可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [question emphasis] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense