是 shì▶ adalah

Stroke order

是 is written in 9 strokes.

• 是

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 他是我的朋友。Tā shì wǒ de péngyǒu.He is my friend.
• 这是我的书。Zhè shì wǒ de shū.This is my book.

Related words

• 虽然……但是……meskipun… tetapi…
• 总是selalu
• 还是masih
• 于是Oleh karena itu
• 可是namun; bagaimanapun
• 是否Apakah

是 is pronounced shì and means “adalah”. It belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 是 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.