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否
fǒu
1. to negate
2. to deny
3. not
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

否
fǒu
no, not, un-; final particle
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (18)

可否
kěfǒu
is it possible or not?
否则
fǒuzé
if not
HSK 4
否定
fǒudìng
to negate
HSK 5
否决
fǒujué
to veto
HSK 6
否认
fǒurèn
to declare to be untrue
HSK 5
是否
shìfǒu
whether (or not)
HSK 4
会否
huìfǒu
can or cannot
能否
néngfǒu
whether or not
与否
yǔfǒu
whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
否定句
fǒudìngjù
negative sentence
否有效
fǒuyǒuxiào
inefficient
否决权
fǒujuéquán
veto power
否决票
fǒujuépiào
veto
不置可否
bùzhìkěfǒu
decline to comment
假否定句
jiǎfǒudìngjù
false negative
未置可否
wèizhìkěfǒu
to refuse to comment
真否定句
zhēnfǒudìngjù
true negative (TN)
矢口否认
shǐkǒufǒurèn
to deny flatly

Alternate Entries

否
pǐ
clogged / evil

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
619
Word Frequency Rank
856 of 84,292

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