"不是嗎" meaning in Chinese

See 不是嗎 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/ Chinese transliterations: bùshì ma [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ si⁶ maa³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùshì ma [Phonetic:búshì ma] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùshìh må [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-shih⁴ ma⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-shr̀ ma [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bushyh .ma [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], буши ма [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], buši ma [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt sih ma [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ si⁶ maa³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ xi⁶ ma³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 不是吗
Head templates: {{head|zh|phrase}} 不是嗎
  1. isn't it? Synonyms: 唔係咩 (m4 hai6 me1) [Cantonese], 唔系咩 (m4 hai6 me1) [Cantonese]
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不是吗",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "不是嗎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "isn't it?"
      ],
      "id": "en-不是嗎-zh-phrase-De1iksgO",
      "links": [
        [
          "isn't",
          "isn't"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "m4 hai6 me1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "唔係咩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "m4 hai6 me1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "唔系咩"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ si⁶ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì ma [Phonetic:búshì ma]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshìh må"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴ ma⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shr̀ ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushyh .ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буши ма"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buši ma"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sih ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ si⁶ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xi⁶ ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshì ma]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不是嗎"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不是吗",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "不是嗎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese phrases",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese phrases",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 嗎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 是",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin phrases",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "isn't it?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "isn't",
          "isn't"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ si⁶ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshì ma [Phonetic:búshì ma]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshìh må"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shih⁴ ma⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shr̀ ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushyh .ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буши ма"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buši ma"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sih ma"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ si⁶ maa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xi⁶ ma³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshì ma]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mä¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siː²² maː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "m4 hai6 me1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔係咩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "m4 hai6 me1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔系咩"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不是嗎"
}

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