是否 (shìfǒu) means If (whether - [or not]). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请告诉我你 是否 同意。
Qǐng gàosu wǒ nǐ shìfǒu tóngyì.
Please tell me whether you agree.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 是否
我不知道他 是否 会来。
Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shìfǒu huì lái.
I do not know whether he will come.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 是否
我们先评估一下 是否 可行。
Wǒmen xiān pínggū yíxià shìfǒu kěxíng.
Let's first assess whether it is workable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 可行
请核对一下数额 是否 正确。
Qǐng héduì yíxià shù'é shìfǒu zhèngquè.
Please check whether the amount is correct.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 数额
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How is 是否 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 是否 (shìfǒu, "If (whether - [or not])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 是否 an HSK word?
Yes — 是否 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 是否?
The dictionary page for 是否 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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