她是1996年毕业的。 She graduated in 1996. ⇒ It was in 1996 that she graduated. Traditional 她是1996年畢業的。 Pinyin Tā shì yī jiǔ jiǔ liù nián bìyè de. Bopomofo ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄉㄜ。 Where this sentence is used The 是…的 (shì…de) construction in Chinese grammar All Chinese example sentences