He was an excellent scientist, and what is more, was a great poet.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
更是
even more (so)
IN A VIDEO更是
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
even more (so)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 更是 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 更是 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
To err is human. To blame someone else for your mistakes is even more human.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 更是.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 更是.
Directly before
- 工夫更是1
- 早茶更是1
Directly after
- 更是没有1
- 更是人类1
- 更是一位1
- 更是一种1
- 更是当地人1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 更是
What does 更是 mean in Chinese?
更是 (gèngshì) means even more (so).
How do you pronounce 更是?
更是 is pronounced gèngshì.
Is 更是 an HSK word?
更是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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