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

不但...而且 in Mandarin: Not Only A But Also B (不仅, 还, 也, 并且)

Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something

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 Conditionals: 如果, 要是, 的话 and the 就 That Finishes the Sentence

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 Demonstratives: 这 (zhè) and 那 (nà), One Form Each, No Agreement

How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管

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

Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)

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

Mandarin Question Words: 什么 (shénme), 谁 (shéi), 哪 (nǎ) and Friends Stay Where the Answer Goes

就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected

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

Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不

Mandarin Sentence-Final Particles: 吧, 呢, 啊, 嘛, 吗 and the Final 了

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

The Mandarin 所 (suǒ) Family: 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb, and the 为...所 Passive

Mandarin Verb Reduplication: 看看, 看一看, 休息休息 and the 一下 Alternative

Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction

无论 and 不管 in Mandarin: The No Matter What Frame (无论/不管 ... 都/也)

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

The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...

又 (yòu) vs 再 (zài) vs 还 (hái) in Mandarin: The Three Ways to Say 'Again'

The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于

The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It

Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的