他是不是用铅笔写的？ 他是不是用鉛筆寫的？ 他是不是用鉛筆寫的？

Did he write it with a pencil? ⇒ Was it with a pencil that he wrote it?

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Simplified

他是不是用铅笔写的？

Traditional (Taiwan)

他是不是用鉛筆寫的？

Pinyin

Tā shìbúshì yòng qiānbǐ xiě de?

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄉㄜ？

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 是(shì)不(bú)是(shì)is or is not
• 用(yòng)use
• 铅(qiān)笔(bǐ)pencil
• 写(xiě)write
• 的(de)used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis

Where this sentence is used

• The 是…的 (shì…de) construction in Chinese grammar

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