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是否 shìfǒu

是否 shìfǒu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 是否 shìfǒu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shìfǒu | shi4 fou3
English translation
whether (or not)
if
is or isn't

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Traditional form

是否 shìfǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 是否 shìfǒu

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shì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

日疋

Number of Strokes

9
fǒu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and kǒu represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

不口

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 是否 shìfǒu

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Wén Wén 这块 ròu ,告诉 gàosu 是否 shìfǒu huài le .

You smell at this meat and tell me if it's gone bad.

这门 Xīn yāo yòng de Shū 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng gěi 所有 suǒyǒu 学生 xuésheng le ?

Have all the students been issued with books for the new course?

仍然 réngrán zài 考虑 kǎolǜ 是否 shìfǒu 攻读 gōng dú gēng Gāo de 学位 xuéwèi .

I'm still wondering about taking a further degree.

Xiàng 炉子 lú zi 窥视 kuī shì , xiǎng 看看 kàn kan 里面 lǐ miàn de 馅饼 xiàn bǐng 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng hōng hǎo le .

He peeked into the oven at a pie baking there.

liáng le 那根绳子 shéngzi kān 是否 shìfǒu gòu cháng .

He measured the rope to see if it was long enough.

是否 shìfǒu Decomposition

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是否 shìfǒu Compounds

See all 44 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 是否 shìfǒu in their composition.

  • shì
    • , , shī , , , , , , wěi , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wěi ,
  • fǒu
    • , , , , , ,
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