是
shìTraditional: 是
[ʂʐ˥˩] HSK 1
#20 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to be (linking verb)
Stroke order
是
Examples
英，？
I am British; what nationality are you?
，。
This is my passport; please take a look.
。
He is a very diligent student.
，。
Yes, I agree with what you said.
。
Today is Wednesday.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 是.
不是bú shìis not, am not, are not就是jiù shìexactly is; just is; even if只是zhǐ shìjust, merely, only这是zhè shìthis is但是dàn shìbut, however (formal)还是hái shìor, still, had better真是zhēn shìtruly is, indeed是不是shì bu shìis it or isn't it, right?可是kě shìbut, however, yet要是yào shiif, in case, supposing总是zǒng shìalways, all the time這是zhè shìthis is (emphatic demonstrative)是否shì fǒuwhether or not, if是因为shì yīn wèiit is because, it is due to像是xiàng shìlooks like, seems to be, as if還是hái shìstill is, or, still正是zhèng shìexactly, precisely is而是ér shìbut rather, instead可不是kě bú shìexactly, isn't it just
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