是(shì) - to be (linking verb) in Mandarin

Mandarin Adjectives as Stative Verbs: Why 'I Am Cold' Is 我冷, Not 我是冷

Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register

The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject

Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page

Mandarin Comparatives: 比, 比较, 最, 跟…一样 and How to Say 'More', 'Most', 'Same As'

Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)

Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It

Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses

The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out

Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大

Mandarin Existential and Presentative Sentences: 有, 出现, 发生 and Why New Things Go After the Verb

Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System

The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End

Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words

Mandarin Negation: 不 (bù) vs 没 (méi), and Why 不有 Does Not Exist

Mandarin Possession with 的 (de): My, Your, His, and When Mandarin Drops the Particle

Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)

Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System

The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened

Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything

Yes-No Questions in Mandarin: 吗 (ma), Echo Answers, and the Bounce-Back 呢 (ne)