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不是

bù shì · bu shi/bù shi · bu shi

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Meaning

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bù shì 不是

  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not

bù shi 不是

  1. fault; blame
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Who cooked this?

  1. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)个(gè)菜(cài)真(zhēn)好吃(hǎochī)！是(shì)你(nǐ)做(zuò)的(de)吗(ma)？

    This dish is so tasty! Did you make it?

  2. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，不是(bùshì)我(wǒ)。是(shì)我(wǒ)妈妈(māma)做(zuò)的(de)。

    No, not me. My mom made it.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)哪个(nǎge)菜(cài)是(shì)你(nǐ)做(zuò)的(de)？

    Then which dish did you make?

  4. Liangliang

    那个(nàge)黑(hēi)的(de)。

    The black one.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)说(shuō)你(nǐ)会(huì)做饭(zuòfàn)吗(ma)？

    Didn't you say you can cook?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)是(shì)说(shuō)过(guò)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)没(méi)说(shuō)我(wǒ)做(zuò)得(de)好(hǎo)。

    I did say that, but I never said I cook well.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bú)是(shì)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)人(rén)都(dōu)能(néng)当(dāng)艺(yì)术(shù)家(jiā)的(de)。

Not everybody can be an artist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)不(bú)是(shì)不(bù)想(xiǎng)去(qù)，只(zhǐ)是(shì)实(shí)在(zài)没(méi)时(shí)间(jiān)。

It's not that he doesn't want to go; he simply has no time.

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