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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 是否

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
是否 shì fǒu - whether (or not)
- if
- is or isn't

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
5 4 521 588 850

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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]
否 fǒu- to negate
- to deny
- not
否 pǐ- clogged
- evil

Other Words Containing 是否

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
是否 5 4 521 588 850