Is this your umbrella?
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
是不是
is or isn't
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
is or isn't
02
yes or no
03
whether or not
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 是不是 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 是不是 appears in 164 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Do you have two computers?
This computer is yours, isn't it?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 是不是.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 是不是.
Directly before
- 你是不是22
- 我是不是17
- 这是不是10
- 汤姆是不是8
- 他是不是7
Directly after
- 是不是真的9
- 是不是有6
- 是不是在4
- 是不是还3
- 是不是你3
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 是不是
What does 是不是 mean in Chinese?
是不是 (shìbùshì) means is or isn't.
How do you pronounce 是不是?
是不是 is pronounced shìbùshì.
Is 是不是 an HSK word?
是不是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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