是
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
shì shi4
- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
Example sentences
HSK words with 是 · 24 of 33
- 还是 háishi still (as before)
- 是不是 shìbùshì is or isn't
- 但是 dànshì but; however
- 可是 kěshì but; however
- 正是 zhèngshì is precisely
- 老是 lǎoshi always
- 就是 jiùshì exactly; precisely
- 只是 zhǐshì merely; only; just; nothing but
- 总是 zǒngshì always
- 要是 yàoshi (coll.) if
- 有的是 yǒudeshì have plenty of
- 是否 shìfǒu whether (or not)
- 而是 érshì rather
- 于是 yúshì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 或是 huòshì or
- 倒是 dàoshi contrary to what one might expect
- 算是 suànshì considered to be
- 便是 biànshì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
- 凡是 fánshì each and every
- 就是说 jiùshìshuō in other words; that is
- 更是 gèngshì even more (so)
- 这就是说 zhèjiùshìshuō in other words
- 却是 quèshì nevertheless
- 也就是说 yějiùshìshuō in other words