Word: 是 (shì)

很明显的是他犯了错。

Hěn míngxiǎn de shì tā fànle cuò.

It is evident that he has made a mistake.

很高兴你是对的。

Hěn gāoxìng nǐ shì duì de.

I'm glad you were right.

德国是危险吗？

Déguó shì wēixiǎn ma?

Is Germany dangerous?

怎么会有人认为那是个好主意？

Zěnme huì yǒurén rènwéi nà shì gè hǎo zhǔyi?

Why would anybody think that was a good idea?

您不知道我是谁。

Nín bù zhīdào wǒ shì shéi.

You don't know who I am.

您们是学生吗？

Nínmen shì xuésheng ma?

Are you students?

您是哪里人？

Nín shì nǎlǐ rén?

Where are you from?

您是学生吗？

Nín shì xuésheng ma?

Are you a student?

您是我的敌人。

Nín shì wǒ de dírén.

You're my enemy.

您是新来的秘书吧，不是吗？

Nín shì xīn lái de mìshū ba, bú shì ma?

You're the new secretary, aren't you?

您是老师，还是学生？

Nín shì lǎoshī, háishi xuésheng?

Are you a teacher or a student?

您病了，是时候休息了。

Nín bìng le, shì shíhou xiūxile.

You're sick. You have to rest.

您的头发是什么颜色的？

Nín de tóufa shì shénme yánsè de?

What color is your hair?

您的孩子是男是女？

Nín de háizi shì nán shì nǚ?

Is your child a boy or a girl?

您的职业是什么？

Nín de zhíyè shì shénme?

What's your occupation?

您真的是义大利人吗？

Nín zhēnde shì Yìdàlì rén ma?

Are you really Italian?

我一定是忘了。

Wǒ yídìng shì wàngle.

I must've forgotten.

我一点都不知道她是谁。

Wǒ yìdiǎn dōu bù zhīdào tā shì shéi.

I had no idea who she was.

我丈夫也是老师。

Wǒ zhàngfu yě shì lǎoshī.

My husband is a teacher, too.

我丈夫是教授。

Wǒ zhàngfu shì jiàoshòu.

My husband is a professor.

我不明白你的意思是甚么。

Wǒ bù míngbai nǐ de yìsi shì shénme.

I have no idea what you mean.

我不明白这为什么是对的。

Wǒ bù míngbai zhè wèishénme shì duì de.

I don't understand how it is correct.

我不明白这为什么是错的。

Wǒ bù míngbai zhè wèishénme shì cuò de.

I don't understand how it is wrong.

我不明白那是什么意思。

Wǒ bù míngbai nà shì shénme yìsi.

I don't understand what that means.

我不是医生，我是老师。

Wǒ bú shì yīshēng, wǒ shì lǎoshī.

I'm not a doctor, but a teacher.

我不知道他是在哪里找到她的。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì zài nǎlǐ zhǎodào tā de.

I don't know where he found her.

我不知道他是日本人。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì Rìběn rén.

I didn't know that he was Japanese.

我不知道他是谁。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shéi.

I don't know who he is.

我不知道你指的是什么。

Wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ zhǐ de shì shénme.

I don't know what you're referring to.

我不知道她是什么时候结婚的。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme shíhou jiéhūn de.

I don't know when she got married.

我不知道她是谁。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shéi.

I have no idea who she is.

我不知道它是从哪里来的。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì cóng nǎlǐ lái de.

I didn't know where it came from.

我不知道它是好是坏。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì hǎo shì huài.

I do not know whether it is good or not.

我不知道您是谁。

Wǒ bù zhīdào nín shì shéi.

I don't know who you are.

我不知道是什么意思。

Wǒ bù zhīdào shì shénme yìsi.

I didn't know what it meant.

我不知道那是甚么。

Wǒ bù zhīdào nà shì shénme.

I don't know what it is.

我不知道门为甚么是开着的。

Wǒ bù zhīdào mén wèi shénme shì kāizhe de.

I don't know why the door was open.

我不能离开家，即使是一会儿。

Wǒ bùnéng líkāi jiā, jíshǐ shì yíhuìr.

I can't leave home, even if only for a while.

我不认为他是对的。

Wǒ bú rènwéi tā shì duì de.

I don't think that he's right.

我不认为是你做的。

Wǒ bú rènwéi shì nǐ zuò de.

I don't think you did this.

我不认为这是一个好的决定。

Wǒ bú rènwéi zhè shì yí gè hǎo de juédìng.

I don't think it's a good decision.

我不认识他，他是谁？

Wǒ bú rènshi tā, tā shì shéi?

I don't know him, who is he?

我也是17岁。

Wǒ yě shì shíqī suì.

I'm 17, too.

我今早写的是什么？

Wǒ jīn zǎo xiě de shì shénme?

What was I writing this morning?

我仍是这里的老板。

Wǒ réng shì zhèlǐ de lǎobǎn.

I'm still the boss here.

我从来没有相信过战争是好的。

Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiāngxìnguo zhànzhēng shì hǎo de.

I have never believed that war is good.

我以为他是男的，原来她是女的。

Wǒ yǐwéi tā shì nán de, yuánlái tā shì nǚ de.

I had thought that he was a man, but it turned out that he was a woman.

我以为你是我的朋友。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ shì wǒ de péngyou.

I thought you were my friend.

我以为你是老师。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ shì lǎoshī.

I thought you were a teacher.

我以为这是真的。

Wǒ yǐwéi zhè shì zhēnde.

I thought it was true.

我以前是医生。

Wǒ yǐqián shì yīshēng.

I was a doctor.

我以前是护林人。

Wǒ yǐqián shì Hùlín rén.

I used to be a forest ranger.

我们三个都是学生。

Wǒmen sān gè dōu shì xuésheng.

All three of us are students.

我们两个是学生。

Wǒmen liǎng gè shì xuésheng.

The two of us are students.

我们也是帮他们的。

Wǒmen yě shì bāng tāmen de.

We helped them as well.

我们以为他是美国人。

Wǒmen yǐwéi tā shì Měiguórén.

We took him for an American.

我们以为是谁，原来是您呀！

Wǒmen yǐwéi shì shéi, yuánlái shì nín ya!

We were wondering who it was, and it turns out that it was you!

我们公司是有限公司。

Wǒmen gōngsī shì yǒuxiàngōngsī.

Our company is a limited company.

我们发现他是她的父亲。

Wǒmen fāxiàn tā shì tā de fùqīn.

We found out that he was her father.

我们在任何公司都应该是执行者。

Wǒmen zài rènhé gōngsī dōu yīnggāi shì zhíxíngzhě.

One must be an executive in some company.

我们在这里应该是安全的。

Wǒmen zài zhèlǐ yīnggāi shì ānquán de.

We should be safe here.

我们已经是十年的好朋友了。

Wǒmen yǐjīng shì shínián de hǎo péngyou le.

We have been good friends for ten years.

我们昨天试了一下，果然是很好。

Wǒmen zuótiān shìle yíxià, guǒrán shì hěn hǎo.

We tried it out yesterday; as expected, it was really good.

我们是三个人。

Wǒmen shì sān gè rén.

There are three of us.

我们是个家庭。

Wǒmen shì gè jiātíng.

We're a family.

我们是人，不是神。

Wǒmen shì rén, bú shì shén.

We are but men, not gods.

我们是什么？

Wǒmen shì shénme?

What are we?

我们是六个人。

Wǒmen shì liù gè rén.

We are six people.

我们是加拿大人。

Wǒmen shì Jiānádà rén.

We're Canadians.

我们是去年搬的家。

Wǒmen shì qùnián bān de jiā.

We moved house last year. ⇒ It was last year that we moved house.

我们是去年认识的。

Wǒmen shì qùnián rènshi de.

We met last year.

我们是同学。

Wǒmen shì tóngxué.

We're classmates.

我们是在伦敦认识的。

Wǒmen shì zài Lúndūn rènshi de.

We met in London. It was in London that we met.

我们是在西安认识的。

Wǒmen shì zài Xī'ān rènshi de.

We met in Xi'an. ⇒ It was in Xi'an that we met.

我们是坐飞机去韩国的。

Wǒmen shì zuòfēijī qù Hánguó de.

We went to Korea by plane. ⇒ It was by plane that we went to Korea.

我们是夫妇。

Wǒmen shì fūfù.

We are husband and wife.

我们是学生。

Wǒmen shì xuésheng.

We are students.

我们是最早来到的。

Wǒmen shì zuì zǎo láidào de.

We are the first to arrive.

我们是朋友。

Wǒmen shì péngyou.

We were friends.

我们是特别的。

Wǒmen shì tèbié de.

We're special.

我们是男人。

Wǒmen shì nánrén.

We are men.

我们是英国人。

Wǒmen shì Yīngguórén.

We are English.

我们是英雄。

Wǒmen shì yīngxióng.

We're heroes.

我们是这儿的人。

Wǒmen shì zhèr de rén.

We're from here.

我们有充分的理由相信这是真的。

Wǒmen yǒu chōngfèn de lǐyóu xiāngxìn zhè shì zhēnde.

We have full reason to believe that it is true.

我们来这里是为了同一个原因。

Wǒmen lái zhèlǐ shì wèile tóng yí gè yuányīn.

We're both here for the same reason.

我们永远都会是朋友。

Wǒmen yǒngyuǎn dōu huì shì péngyou.

We'll always be friends.

我们的爱是相互的。

Wǒmen de ài shì xiānghù de.

Our love is mutual.

我们知道这是不可能的。

Wǒmen zhīdào zhè shì bù kěnéng de.

We know that this is impossible.

我们第三节是法语课。

Wǒmen dìsān jié shì Fǎyǔ kè.

We have French third period.

我们约的是今天还是明天？

Wǒmen yuē de shì jīntiān háishi míngtiān?

Is our appointment today or tomorrow?

我们认为他是队里最厉害的选手。

Wǒmen rènwéi tā shì duì lǐ zuì lìhai de xuǎnshǒu.

We regard him as the best player on the team.

我们认为这份报告是假的。

Wǒmen rènwéi zhè fèn bàogào shì jiǎ de.

We considered the report as false.

我们说的是同样的语言，不是吗？

Wǒmen shuō de shì tóngyàng de yǔyán, bú shì ma?

We speak the same language, don't we?

我们那个时候讨论的是什么？

Wǒmen nàge shíhou tǎolùn de shì shénme?

What was it we were talking about?

我们那时是孩子。

Wǒmen nàshí shì háizi.

We were kids then.

我们都是兄弟们。

Wǒmen dōu shì xiōngdìmen.

We are brothers.

我们都是敌人。

Wǒmen dōu shì dírén.

We're enemies.

我们都是记者。

Wǒmen dōu shì jìzhě.

We're journalists.

我们需要的是帮助。

Wǒmen xūyào de shì bāngzhù.

What we need is help.