是
shì HSK1

is

是 shì
be verb
to be; linking verb used to connect a subject with a noun or noun phrase

我是老师。

wǒ shì lǎo​shī.

I am a teacher.

be verb adverb
the copula verb used to link a subject to its predicate, indicating existence, classification, or identity.

他是一名医生。

tā shì yī míng yī​shēng.

He is a doctor.

indeed verb
adverb used for emphatic assertion

天气是很冷。

tiān​qì shì hěn lěng.

The weather really is very cold.

yes verb
respectful acknowledgement of a command; very well

是，我这就去办。

shì, wǒ zhè jiù qù bàn.

Yes, I will go take care of it right away.

correct verb
correct; right; true

你说得很是。

nǐ shuō de hěn shì.

What you say is quite right.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3rd most common 13516.5 per million
Movie subtitles
4th most common 25022.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28253.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
9097.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+662F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)