shì

是

to be

HSK 2.0 · 1 HSK 3.0 · 1
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03 · Details

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Taught in your lessons 课程

问候与介绍Lesson 1 · Greetings & Introductions vocab 家人与年龄Lesson 2 · Family & Ages 时间与日期Lesson 3 · Time & Dates 学校与工作Lesson 5 · School & Work 天气与感受Lesson 7 · Weather & Feelings 身体与健康Lesson 11 · Body & Health 颜色与描述Lesson 12 · Colors & Descriptions 我的家人Lesson 13 · My Family 运动Lesson 15 · Sports & Exercise 在哪儿Lesson 17 · Where Is It? 天气怎么样Lesson 20 · What's the Weather Like? 考试Lesson 22 · Exams & Study 生日快乐Lesson 23 · Happy Birthday 去旅游Lesson 24 · Travelling vocab 你好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 1 · Hello vocab 你几岁HSK 3.0 · Lesson 2 · Numbers and Age 我的家HSK 3.0 · Lesson 3 · My Family 今天几号HSK 3.0 · Lesson 4 · What's the Date? 在学校HSK 3.0 · Lesson 7 · At School 我的房间HSK 3.0 · Lesson 12 · My Room 天气HSK 3.0 · Lesson 13 · The Weather 我的爱好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 15 · My Hobbies 请进HSK 3.0 · Lesson 17 · Come In! 见朋友HSK 3.0 · Lesson 18 · Meeting Friends 放假了HSK 3.0 · Lesson 19 · Holidays Are Here vocab 去过中国吗HSK 3.0 · Lesson 20 · Have You Been to China?

Words with 是

还是 hái shi still (as before); had better HSK 1
是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no HSK 1
但是 dàn shì but; however HSK 2
可是 kě shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
正是 zhèng shì is precisely HSK 2
老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just HSK 3
只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply HSK 3
总是 zǒng shì always HSK 3
要是 yào shi (coll.) if HSK 3
有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
是否 shì fǒu whether (or not); if HSK 4

Examples from your lessons

  • 我是学生。你是老师吗？ I am a student. Are you a teacher? Lesson 1
  • 她是我的妈妈。 She is my mom. Lesson 2
  • 这是你的家人吗？ Is this your family? Lesson 2
  • 是的！这是我爸爸，这是我妈妈。 Yes! This is my dad, this is my mom. Lesson 2
  • 今天是星期三。 Today is Wednesday. Lesson 3
  • 明天是几月几号？ What is tomorrow's date? Lesson 3

Character facts

Radical
日 sun; day; daytime
Parts
日 + 疋
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+662F

Ideographic: To speak 日 directly 疋

Same radical 日
rì 日 zǎo 早 wǎn 晚 qíng 晴 shí 时 jiù 旧 àn 暗 shài 晒
Same sound
shì 事 shí 十 shì 试 shì 市 shǐ 使 shì 室 shí 时 shī 湿
Also HSK 1
de 的 le 了 wǒ 我 nǐ 你 zài 在 bù 不 yǒu 有 tā 他