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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)

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

Alternate Entries

否
pǐ
clogged / evil

Metadata

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