是 shì

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Traditional form

是 shì

Contains the radical

日 Rì

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To speak 日 Rì directly 疋 pǐ

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱日疋

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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伊妮德是 shì 位 wèi 好 hǎo 教师 jiào shī , 她 tā 对 duì 学生 xuésheng 很 hěn 有 yǒu 耐心 nàixīn .

Enid was a good teacher. She was very patient with her pupils.

蛋糕 dàngāo 应该 yīnggāi 是 shì 好 hǎo 的 de ——我 wǒ 用 yòng 了 le 最 zuì 好的配料 pèi liào .

The cake ought to be good — I used the best ingredients.

也许 yěxǔ 我 wǒ 们 men 的 de 工作 gōngzuò 还是 háishi 对 duì 换 huàn 一下 yīxià 好 hǎo , 你 nǐ 比 Bǐ 我 wǒ 更 gēng 有 yǒu 经验 jīngyàn .

Perhaps you and I had better change over; you are more experienced.

她 tā 的 de 工作 gōngzuò 是 shì 照料 zhào liào 好 hǎo 孩子 háizi .

Her work is to take care of the children.

这次测验 cèyàn 是 shì 他 tā 显示 xiǎnshì 知识 zhīshi 的 de 好 hǎo 机会 jīhuì .

The quiz was a good opportunity for the exhibition of his knowledge.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 是 shì in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
是 shì	is	是 shì
就是 jiù shì	precisely	就是 jiù shì
但是 dànshì	but	但是 dànshì
还是 háishi	or	還是
不是 bú shi	no	不是 bú shi
只是 zhǐ shì	merely	只是 zhǐ shì
是的 shì de	yes, that's right	是的 shì de
可是 kěshì	but	可是 kěshì
真是 zhēn shi	indeed	真是 zhēn shi
是否 shìfǒu	if	是否 shìfǒu
总是 zǒngshì	always	總是
而是 ér shì	rather	而是 ér shì
于是 yúshì	thereupon	於是
是不是 shì bù shì	is or isn't	是不是 shì bù shì
正是 zhèng shì	precisely	正是 zhèng shì
要是 yàoshi	(coll.) if	要是 yàoshi
尤其是 yóu qí shì	especially	尤其是 yóu qí shì
算是 suàn shì	at last	算是 suàn shì
或是 huò shì	or	或是 huò shì
便是 biàn shì	precisely	便是 biàn shì
也就是说 yě jiù shì shuō	in other words	也就是說
也就是 yě jiù shì	that is	也就是 yě jiù shì
倒是 dào shi	actually	倒是 dào shi
若是 ruò shì	if	若是 ruò shì
老是 lǎo shi	always	老是 lǎo shi

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 是 shì and their own compounds.

是 shì

正 zhēng , 日 Rì

See all 37 Chinese words that contain the character 是 shì in their composition.

是 shì

題 tí

题 Tí , 提 tí , 匙 shī , 堤 dī , 缇 tí , 醍 tí , 媞 tí , 鳀 tí , 韪 wěi , 寔 shí , 湜 shí , 禔 tí , 諟, 踶 dì , 鍉 dī , 鞮 dī , 騠, 鶗 tí , 偍, 尟, 崼, 徥, 惿, 煶, 瑅, 睼, 碮, 緹, 翨, 蝭, 褆, 趧, 遈, 隄 dī , 韙 wěi , 鯷 tí