不是
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Chinese[edit]
not; no |
is; are; am; yes; to be
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simp. and trad. (不是) |
不 | 是 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bat1 si6
- Yale: bāt sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 xi6
- IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
Verb[edit]
不是
- to not be
- Used in interrogative sentences, to express a certain emotion. Equivalent to “... not ... ?”
Usage notes[edit]
In sense 2, 不是 is usually weakened, pronounced with neutral tone, while in sense 1, 不是 is stressed.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 不是 (“to not be”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 非 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不是 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 不是 |
Taiwan | 不是 | |
Jinan | 不是 | |
Xi'an | 不是 | |
Wuhan | 不是 | |
Chengdu | 不是 | |
Yangzhou | 不是 | |
Hefei | 不是 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔係 |
Hong Kong | 唔係 | |
Taishan | 唔係 | |
Yangjiang | 無係 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 不是 |
Hakka | Meixian | 毋係 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋係 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 毋係 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 毋係 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 毋係 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 毋係 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 毋係 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 不是 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 伓是 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 伓是 |
Matsu | 伓是 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 毋是 |
Quanzhou | 毋是 | |
Zhangzhou | 毋是 | |
Taipei | 毋是 | |
Kaohsiung | 毋是 | |
Tainan | 毋是 | |
Taichung | 毋是 | |
Hsinchu | 毋是 | |
Lukang | 毋是 | |
Sanxia | 毋是 | |
Yilan | 毋是 | |
Kinmen | 毋是 | |
Magong | 毋是 | |
Penang | 毋是 | |
Chaozhou | 唔是 | |
Shantou | 唔是 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 勿是 |
Suzhou | 勿是 | |
Wenzhou | 否是 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 不是 |
Shuangfeng | 不是 |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- 是不是 (shìbùshì)
Noun[edit]
不是
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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