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不是

bù shì

2-character word

What 不是 means

1. no
2. is not
3. not

Other readings

不是 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bù shifault; blame

The characters in 不是

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 不是。
  No.
• 不是吧！
  Holy cow!
• 不是吗？
  No?
• 我不是医生
  Wǒ bù shì yīshēng
  I'm not a doctor.
• 我不是学生
  I am not a student.
• 我也不是。
  Nor am I.

Words starting with 不是

• 不是滋味bù shì zī wèito be upset; to feel disgusted
• 不是吗bù shì maisn't that so?
• 不是东西bù shì dōng xi(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good
• 不是吃素的bù shì chī sù denot to be trifled with; to be reckoned with
• 不是味儿bù shì wèi rnot the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off

Words containing 不是

• 是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
• 可不是kě bu shì(colloquial) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
• 要不是yào bu shìif it were not for; but for
• 莫不是mò bù shìprobably; perhaps; could it be that...?
• 赔不是péi bú shito apologize

Sounds the same

Read bù shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不适unwell; indisposed; out of sorts