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Character Decomposition
是=日+疋
Etymology
To speak 日 directly 疋
Meanings
to be (followed by substantives only)
correct; right; true
(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
(adverb for emphatic assertion)
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Words with 是 322 total
but; however但是dàn shìeach and every; every; all; any凡是fán shìexactly; precisely · only; simply; just · (used correlatively with 也) even; even if就是jiù shìcontrary to what one might expect · actually · contrariwise · why don't you倒是dào shialways老是lǎo shiprobably · most likely横是héng shior · either one or the other或是huò shìequivalent to either 是 or 就是乃是nǎi shìextremely · very煞是shà shì(literary) very; extremely甚是shèn shì