是否

是否

Chinese

		be; yes; this	clogged; evil; to negate clogged; evil; to negate; to deny; not
simp. and trad. (是否)		是	否

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì-fǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fau²
• Min Nan (POJ): sī-hóⁿ / sǐ-hió / sī-hó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì-fǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ fau²
    • Yale: sih fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ feo²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² fɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sī-hónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixhvor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi³³⁻²¹ hɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³⁻¹¹ hɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ hɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hió
    • Tâi-lô: sǐ-hió
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi²² hio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: sī-hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixhor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

Conjunction

是否

1. whether or not

   此說是否為歷史事實，近代頗有爭議。 [MSC, trad.]
   此说是否为历史事实，近代颇有争议。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cǐ shuō shìfǒu wéi lìshǐ shìshí, jìndài pōyǒu zhēngyì. [Pinyin]

   Whether this theory is historical fact has been a source of considerable contention in recent times.

Synonyms

• 是不是 (shìbùshì)