可不是

可不是

Chinese

		you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly! you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly!; isn't that so?	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (可不是)		可不	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěbù shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bat¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěbù shì [Phonetic: kěbú shì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěbù shìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-pu⁴ shih⁴
    • Yale: kě-bù shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebu shyh
    • Palladius: кэбу ши (kɛbu ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² bat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: hó bāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² bed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Phrase

可不是

1. that's just the way it is; exactly!; right! (used in rhetorical questions)
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 可,‎ 不是.

See also

• 可不 (kěbù)