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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不是

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不是 bù shì - no
- is not
- not
不是 bù shi - fault; blame

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 4,942 114 68

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
是 shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
是 shì- variant of 是[shi4]

Other Words Containing 不是

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
是不是 - 1 4,441 868 342
不是 - - 4,942 114 68
要不是 - 9 20,141 9,015 6,502
赔不是 - - 37,609 82,584 76,849
莫不是 - - 84,643 40,026 33,741