shì​fǒu HSK4

whether or not

  • created reference approved 是否 → 是不是 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    是否 shì​fǒu

    是不是 shì​bu​shì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 是否 · shì​fǒu · whether or not — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    是否

    shì​fǒu

    whether or not

    whether or not; if; is it so or not. This is a more formal equivalent to [[是不是|是不是|shi4 bu5 shi4]].

    是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 否 (literal) → 否 · fǒu · not

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 是否 · shì​fǒu · right and wrong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    是否

    shì​fǒu

    right and wrong

    (literary) whether something is correct or incorrect; right or wrong

    是 (literal) → 是 · shì · correct 否 (literal) → 否 · fǒu · to negate

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

    created sense