Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 是
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Meaning |
correct, indeed, to be:am/is |
Pronunciation |
shì |
Explanation |
Top: sun 日, bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) |
Mnemonic
| The sun looks correct: This is indeed correct! |
Radicals
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是
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correct, right | |
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日
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sun, day | |
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正
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correct | (Radical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 是的 |
shì de |
yes | | 而是 |
ér shì |
rather | | 正是 |
zhèng shì |
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | | 实事求是 |
shí shì qiú shì |
to seek truth from facts (idiom); to be practical and realistic | | 倒是 |
dào shi |
contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | | 若是 |
ruò shì |
if | | 既是 |
jì shì |
since, as; being the case that | | 乃是 |
nǎi shì |
to be | | 玫瑰不管叫啥名，闻起来总是香的 |
méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de |
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet |
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