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是不是 (shì bù shì): meaning and stroke order

是不是 (shì bù shì) means is or isn't, yes or no, whether or not.

是不是

Simplified
是不是
Traditional
是不是 (same form)
Pinyin
shì bù shì

Stroke order of 是不是

是

  • shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
  • shì variant of 是[shi4]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 昰

Stroke by stroke

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

是

  • shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
  • shì variant of 是[shi4]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 昰

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 是不是

  1. shì bù shì
    • is or isn't
    • yes or no
    • whether or not

Radicals of the characters

是
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 𤴓 below
不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

是不是 in our stories

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  • 袁媛有点儿担心：我们是不是慢慢变成陌生人了？

    Yuán Yuán yǒudiǎnr dānxīn wǒmen shì bu shì mànmàn biànchéng mòshēngrén le

    Yuan Yuan began to worry: are we slowly turning into strangers?

    From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4

  • 她问：“现在大家鞋子坏了都直接扔，您是不是觉得很失落？”

    tā wèn xiànzài dàjiā xiézi huài le dōu zhíjiē rēng nín shì bu shì juéde hěn shīluò

    She asked, "These days people just throw broken shoes away. Don't you feel down about it?"

    From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

  • 老医生看完心电图和所有的化验单，摘下眼镜，笑着问：“你最近是不是熬夜看手机，还每天喝三杯咖啡？”

    lǎo yīshēng kàn wán xīndiàntú hé suǒyǒu de huàyàndān zhāixià yǎnjìng xiào zhe wèn nǐ zuìjìn shì bu shì áoyè kàn shǒujī hái měitiān hē sān bēi kāfēi

    The old doctor looked over the ECG and every test result, took off his glasses and asked with a smile, "Have you been staying up late on your phone and drinking three coffees a day?"

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 是不是

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).