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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shì - to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì - variant of 是[shi4]

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 4 5 5

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To speak 日 directly 疋

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Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 4 5 5
但是 2 2 79 152 213
是的 - - 102 3,538 1,664
就是 - 3 152 75 53
只是 - 3 196 278 204
还是 3 1 206 116 74
可是 4 2 300 512 343
真是 - - 336 758 286
总是 3 3 402 876 390
是否 5 4 521 588 850
算是 - 6 1,065 3,001 2,461
要是 5 3 1,099 1,730 866
正是 - 2 1,149 1,211 3,699
而是 - 4 1,359 703 497
于是 4 4 1,428 877 849
或是 - 5 1,495 3,382 3,303
也就是说 - 7 2,068 4,335 9,770
是不是 - 1 4,441 868 342
老是 - 2 4,569 6,562 2,991
不是 - - 4,942 114 68
倒是 - 5 5,040 3,563 3,500
是非 6 7 6,492 6,494 5,128
自以为是 - 7 6,829 17,171 7,906
一无是处 - - 7,344 34,343 20,093
就是说 - 6 10,409 7,332 9,029
凡是 5 6 11,759 5,810 7,173
便是 - 6 12,787 3,052 3,002
乃是 - - 16,557 7,390 13,291
这就是说 - 6 18,362 - -
有的是 - 3 19,921 8,982 10,050
要不是 - 9 20,141 9,015 6,502
若是 - - 22,454 4,663 5,000
惹是生非 - - 25,093 68,806 59,757
光是 - - 27,074 - -
是以 - - 27,974 - -
唯利是图 - - 30,058 - -
更是 - 6 30,527 1,302 2,529
硬是 - - 30,645 13,465 11,146
实事求是 6 9 30,903 8,555 20,923
物是人非 - - 34,305 28,143 11,428
似是而非 - 9 35,367 40,531 37,531
头头是道 - 9 36,142 44,002 42,568
既是 - - 36,546 5,776 10,269
明辨是非 - - 37,239 56,752 48,463
搬弄是非 - - 37,290 65,010 31,608
赔不是 - - 37,609 82,584 76,849
比比皆是 - 9 38,550 20,479 24,570
惟利是图 - - 39,207 74,938 113,049
自行其是 - - 42,504 86,443 117,901
颠倒是非 - - 44,191 66,625 49,243
于是乎 - - 46,212 24,665 13,220
再就是 - - 47,686 - -
是非曲直 - - 47,877 63,512 51,642
那是 - - 49,236 - -
求是 - - 50,999 - -
莫衷一是 - - 59,081 53,423 74,963
各行其是 - - 59,898 64,892 122,313
混淆是非 - - 60,455 88,272 81,207
俯拾皆是 - - 65,009 81,327 86,278
有道是 - - 78,951 - -
莫不是 - - 84,643 40,026 33,741