否 (fǒu)
to deny/whether or not
How 否 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Traditional
- 否
- Simplified
- 否 (unchanged)
否 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- fǒu
- to negate; to deny; not
- pǐ
- clogged; evil
Common words using 否
- 是否 shìfǒu
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- 否則 fǒuzé
- if not; otherwise; else
- 否定 fǒudìng
- to negate; to deny; to reject
- 否認 fǒurèn
- to declare to be untrue; to deny
- 能否 néngfǒu
- whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 不置可否 bùzhìkěfǒu
- decline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal
- 可否 kěfǒu
- is it possible or not?
- 否極泰來 pǐjítàilái
- extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
- 否決 fǒujué
- veto
- 否決權 fǒujuéquán
- veto power
- 否決票 fǒujuépiào
- veto
- 會否 huìfǒu
- can or cannot; is it possible?
否 in a sentence
請問你是否同意這個計畫？
Qǐngwèn nǐ shìfǒu tóngyì zhè ge jìhuà?
“May I ask whether you agree with this plan?”
How common is 否?
否 is the 620th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 80.3% of all running text.
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