是

to be; indeed, right, yes; okay; to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

Strokes
9
Pinyin
shì

Parts

Built from 是

Words with 是

  1. 不是bù shì · bushino; is not; not
  2. 乃是nǎi shì · naishiequivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
  3. 但是dàn shì · danshibut; however
  4. 便是biàn shì · bianshi(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly
  5. 倒是dào shi · daoshicontrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise
  6. 光是guāng shì · guangshisolely; just
  7. 凡是fán shì · fanshieach and every; every; all; any
  8. 却是què shì · queshinevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
  9. 只是zhǐ shì · zhishimerely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
  10. 可是kě shì · keshibut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
  11. 国是guó shì · guoshi(literary) variant of 國事|国事[guo2 shi4]
  12. 如是rú shì · rushithus
  13. 就是jiù shì · jiushiexactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
  14. 很是hěn shì · henshi(formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb)
  15. 或是huò shì · huoshior; either one or the other
  16. 于是yú shì · yushithereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
  17. 既是jì shì · jishiis both ...(and...); since; as
  18. 是以shì yǐ · shiyitherefore; thus; so
  19. 是否shì fǒu · shifouwhether (or not); if; is or isn't
  20. 是故shì gù · shigutherefore; so; consequently
  21. 是日shì rì · shiri(formal) this day; that day
  22. 是次shì cì · shici(formal) this time
  23. 是的shì de · shideyes, that's right
  24. 是荷shì hé · shihe(written) (at the end of a request in letters) I would be much obliged
  25. 是非shì fēi · shifeiright and wrong; quarrel
  26. 更是gèng shì · gengshieven more (so)
  27. 最是zuì shì · zuishi(before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most ...; (literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is ...
  28. 横是héng shi · hengshiprobably; most likely
  29. 正是zhèng shì · zhengshiis precisely
  30. 求是qiú shì · qiushito seek the truth

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences