是不是

是不是 in English

shì bù shì: is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not

Character breakdown

是昰 shì to be (followed by substantives only)
不 bù no

Stroke order

Le caractère 是 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 是

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 不 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 不

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

是

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 20 forms

不

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 21 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

他不知道自己是不是真的想这样做。

He's not sure he wants to do this.
他问我，是不是知道她的电话号码。

He asked me if I knew her telephone number.
你旁边是不是老坐着个中国人帮你打字啊 ！

Is there always a Chinese person next to you helping you type?!
你是不是刚认识他？

Did you just get to know him?
你是不是想暗示什么？

Are you implying something?
你的姐姐游泳得不好，是不是？

Your sister cannot swim well, can she?

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