Character Details
| is it or not (isn't it) | Ascii: — | w765 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 是不是 | shìbùshi | sheuh-boo-sheuh | 4+4+5 | 不 (not) + 是 (sun + correct) | 是不是 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Is there only one bowl! | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; question | 是 (sun + correct) + 不 (not) + 是 (sun + correct) | ||||||||||
| A YES and NO stamp bounce back and forth — “is it or not?” | |||||||||||