yes–no questions
28.1
The equational verb 是 shì ‘to be’
她是不是中国人？
她是不是中國人？
Tā shì bù shì Zhōngguo rén?
Is she a Chinese person?C11.5
Action verbs
他们卖不卖橘子？
他們賣不賣橘子？
Tāmen mài bù mài júzi?
Do they sell tangerines?C13.4.1
Stative verbs
你喜欢不喜欢他？
你喜歡不喜歡他？
Nǐ xǐhuan bù xǐhuan tā?
Do you like him?or
你喜不喜欢他？
你喜不喜歡他？
Nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuan tā?
Do you like him?C 11
Adjectival verbs
飞机票贵不贵？
飛機票貴不貴？
Fēijī piào guì bù guì?
Are airplane tickets expensive?C10.2
When the main verb of a sentence is 有 yǒu, the verb-not-verb question is 有没有/有沒有
yǒu méi yǒu.
你有没有钱？
你有沒有錢？
Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu qián?
Do you have money?C11.6.4, 13.4.2, 27.1.2
When the verb is followed by a direct object and no other phrase, verb-not-verb may be split.
In this case, not-verb can occur immediately after the object.
他会说中文不会？
他會說中文不會？
Tā huì shuō Zhōngwén bù huì?
Can he speak Chinese?
她是中国人不是？
她是中國人不是？
Tā shì Zhōngguo rén bù shì?
Is she a Chinese person?