是
Meaning
shì shi4
- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì shi4
- variant of 是
Example sentences
- Did you see him in the park?
- Do you know who painted this picture?
- Her garden is a work of art.
- I didn't know where it came from.
HSK words with 是 · 24 of 33
- 还是háishistill (as before)
- 是不是shìbùshìis or isn't
- 但是dànshìbut; however
- 可是kěshìbut; however
- 正是zhèngshìis precisely
- 老是lǎoshialways
- 就是jiùshìexactly; precisely
- 只是zhǐshìmerely; only; just; nothing but
- 总是zǒngshìalways
- 要是yàoshi(coll.) if
- 有的是yǒudeshìhave plenty of
- 是否shìfǒuwhether (or not)
- 而是érshìrather
- 于是yúshìthereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 或是huòshìor
- 倒是dàoshicontrary to what one might expect
- 算是suànshìconsidered to be
- 便是biànshì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
- 凡是fánshìeach and every
- 就是说jiùshìshuōin other words; that is
- 更是gèngshìeven more (so)
- 这就是说zhèjiùshìshuōin other words
- 却是quèshìnevertheless
- 也就是说yějiùshìshuōin other words