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否

fǒu

HSK 4 Character

What 否 means

1. to negate
2. to deny
3. not

Other readings

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

• pǐclogged; evil

Example sentences

• 否极泰来。
  Pǐjítàilái.
  After a storm comes a calm.
• 我无法否认。
  I can't deny it.
• 他否认鄙视了她
  Tā fǒurèn bǐshì le tā
  He denied he despised her.
• 他否认偷了钱。
  He denied having stolen the money.
• 她否认见过他。
  She denied having met him.
• 他否认见过他。
  He denies having met him.

Words starting with 否

• 否则fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)
• 否认fǒu rènto declare to be untrue; to deny
• 否定fǒu dìngto negate; to deny; to reject
• 否决fǒu juéto veto; to overrule
• 否决权fǒu jué quánveto power
• 否决票fǒu jué piàoveto
• 否极泰来pǐ jí tài láiextreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
• 否定句fǒu dìng jùnegative sentence

Words containing 否

• 是否shì fǒuwhether (or not); if; is or isn't
• 能否néng fǒuwhether one can; whether it is possible
• 可否kě fǒuis it possible or not?
• 不置可否bù zhì kě fǒudecline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal
• 矢口否认shǐ kǒu fǒu rènto deny flatly
• 会否huì fǒucan or cannot; is it possible?
• 与否yǔ fǒuwhether or not (at the end of a phrase)
• 未置可否wèi zhì kě fǒuto refuse to comment; same as 不置可否
• 真否定句zhēn fǒu dìng jùtrue negative (TN)
• 陟罚臧否zhì fá zāng pǐ(idiom) to evaluate the merits and demerits of…

Characters that look like 否

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 吾wú(old) I; my
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…

Sounds the same

Read fǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缶pottery