是不是

Chinese

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		be; yes; this	to not be
simp. and trad. (是不是)		是	不是
alternative forms		484 internet slang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìbùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bat¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùshì [Phonetic: shìbúshì] → shìbushì (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄕˋ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbůshìh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pu⁵-shih⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-bu-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbushyh
  - Palladius: шибуши (šibuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ bat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sih bāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bat⁷ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bed¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Conjunction

是不是

whether or not
是不是最近很忙？ ― Shìbùshì zuìjìn hěn máng? ― Been busy lately?

咱是不是該撤了？／咱是不是该撤了？ ― Zán shìbùshì gāi chè le? ― Shouldn't we get going?

我是不是对你很好？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ shìbùshì duì nǐ hěn hǎo? [Pinyin]
Aren't I good to you?

兒子很瘦削，說屁股癢，是不是有蟲了？ [MSC, trad.]
儿子很瘦削，说屁股痒，是不是有虫了？ [MSC, simp.]
Érzǐ hěn shòuxuē, shuō pìgu yǎng, shìbùshì yǒu chóng le? [Pinyin]
(My) son's gotten skinny, says his bottom is itchy, has he got worms?

Synonyms

是否 (shìfǒu)

Interjection

是不是

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 是 (shì),‎ 不,‎ 是 (shì).
isn’t it so? (used as a tag question)

Synonyms

對不對／对不对 (duìbùduì)
(Cantonese) 係唔係／系唔系, 係咪／系咪
(Hakka) 係毋係／系毋系
(Min Nan) 是毋是

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