是 (si6 | shi4) : is

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是

si6

shi4

[1] indeed; yes; right; positive [2] [v] to be [3] this; that; which [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

是

This word has been viewed 34469 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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是拉差 si6 laai1 caa1 shi4 la1 cha4 = Sriracha - Thai hot sauce

是非 si6 fei1 shi4 fei1 = right and wrong; quarrel; [粵] gossip

是否 si6 fau2 shi4 fou3 = yes or no 國

還是 waan4 si6 hai2 shi4 = or; still; may as well 國

但是 daan6 si6 dan4 shi4 = still; but; yet; however 國

尤其是 jau4 kei4 si6 you2 qi2 shi4 = especially

要是 jiu3 si6 yao4 shi5 = if; in case

可是 ho2 si6 ke3 shi4 = but; however 國

就是 zau6 si6 jiu4 shi4 = means; is; exactly 國

是不是 si6 bat1 si6 shi4 bu5 shi4 (PRC), shi4 bu4*2 shi4 (Taiwan) = whether or not 國
See all 101 compounds (CantoDict reports 105 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 31 examples containing 是

他是否本地人？國
Is he a local?

他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

王先生是我爸爸的好朋友。國
Mr. Wong is a good friend of my father.

球是圓的國
A ball is round.

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

小馬就是幼馬國
A foal is a young horse.

能見到你真是太好了。國
It was nice meeting you.

肉是一種食物, 它取自動物。國
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 是
Unicode code for this character: U+662f (off-site link)

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