不是
Chinese
not; no | be; yes; this | ||
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simp. and trad. (不是) |
不 | 是 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùshìh
- Wade–Giles: pu4-shih4
- Yale: bù-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh
- Palladius: буши (buši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 不世
不是
不識/不识
不適/不适
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùshi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pu4-shih5
- Yale: bù-shr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu.shy
- Palladius: буши (buši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)
Note: bùshi - (1) for the noun, standard Mainland pronunciation and variant Taiwan pronunciation (2) for the verb, variant pronunciation.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 si6
- Yale: bāt sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
不是
- to not be
- Used in interrogative sentences, to express a certain emotion. Equivalent to “... not ... ?”
Usage notes
In sense 2, 不是 is usually weakened, pronounced with neutral tone, while in sense 1, 不是 is stressed.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不是 (“to not be”) [map]
Derived terms
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See also
- 是不是 (shìbùshì)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 不是
Synonyms
- (fault):
- 不好
- 不韙/不韪 (bùwěi) (literary)
- 偏差 (piānchā)
- 問題/问题 (wèntí)
- 失誤/失误 (shīwù)
- 差失 (chāshī)
- 差池
- 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary)
- 差誤/差误 (chāwù)
- 差謬/差谬 (chāmiù) (literary)
- 差錯/差错 (chācuò)
- 疏失 (shūshī) (careless mistake)
- 紕繆/纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary)
- 訛/讹 (é) (literary, or in compounds)
- 誤差/误差 (wùchā) (especially in data)
- 誤謬/误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy)
- 謬誤/谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy)
- 責任/责任 (zérèn)
- 過失/过失 (guòshī)
- 過錯/过错 (guòcuò)
- 錯/错
- 錯誤/错误 (cuòwù)
Derived terms
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