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是

shì

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Transitive stative verb

是 (shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to be (followed by substantives only)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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Example

這是我的書。

This is my book.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).