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Animated Stroke Order 否

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4.

How to Use 否

Denial or Rejection Verbs

Words formed with 否 as a verb meaning to reject or deny.

否定 • fǒu dìng • to negate; to deny • HSK 5

HSK 5

5.

Example Sentences

tā他

fǒu否

dìng定

le了

zhè这

ge个

tí

Information

Pinyinfǒu

Meaningnegation, denial, not

Strokes7

Radical口

Traditional否

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#747

Zhuyinㄈㄡˇ

UnicodeU+5426

CangjieMF

fǒu否

dìng定

to negate; to deny

否认 • fǒu rèn • to deny; repudiate • HSK 5

HSK 5

fǒu否

rèn认

to deny; repudiate

否决 • fǒu jué • reject; vote down; overrule • HSK 6

HSK 6

fǒu否

jué决

reject; vote down; overrule

Alternative in Questions

Words that combine with 否 to form a choice or yes/no question structure.

是否 • shì fǒu • whether or not • HSK 4

HSK 4

shì是

fǒu否

whether or not

能否 • néng fǒu • whether or not • HSK 3.0 · L4

HSK 3.0 · L4

néng能

fǒu否

whether or not

与否 • yǔ fǒu • Whether or not • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

yǔ与

fǒu否

Whether or not

提

yì议

。

He rejected this proposal.

tā他

fǒu否

rèn认

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

zhǐ指

kòng控

。

He denied all accusations.

Tā他

wèn问

wǒ我

kě可

fǒu否

jiè借

tā他

de的

shū书

yī一

yòng用

。

He asked me whether he could borrow my book.

nǐ你

shì是

fǒu否

tóng同

yì意

zhè这

ge个

jì计

huà划

？

Do you agree with this plan?

wǒ我

guān关

xīn心

de的

shì是

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

néng能

fǒu否

àn按

shí时

wán完

chéng成

。

What I care about is whether this project can be completed on time.

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