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): shìfǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sī-hóⁿ / sǐ-hió / sī-hó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): si⁶ houn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìfǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-fou³
  - Yale: shr̀-fǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfoou
  - Palladius: шифоу (šifou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ fau²
  - Yale: sih fáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ feo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² fɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hóⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixhvor
  - IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ hɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ hɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hió
  - Tâi-lô: sǐ-hió
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² hio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixhor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si⁶ houn²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĭ hóuⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/

Conjunction

是否

whether or not; if
不知您是否有時間。 [MSC, trad.]
不知您是否有时间。 [MSC, simp.]
Bùzhī nín shìfǒu yǒu shíjiān. [Pinyin]
I wonder if you might have time.

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.

您是否需要我為您轉接到大使館？ [MSC, trad.]
您是否需要我为您转接到大使馆？ [MSC, simp.]
Nín shìfǒu xūyào wǒ wèi nín zhuǎnjiē dào dàshǐguǎn? [Pinyin]
Do you need me to transfer you to the embassy?

Synonyms

是不是 (shìbùshì)