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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
正是
is precisely
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
is precisely
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 正是 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 正是 appears in 30 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The present time is a good time.
That's the point.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 正是.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 正是.
Directly before
- 这正是9
- 现在正是3
- 她正是1
- 的正是1
- 也许正是1
Directly after
- 正是我7
- 正是她3
- 正是我们2
- 正是问题1
- 正是被捕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 正是
What does 正是 mean in Chinese?
正是 (zhèngshì) means is precisely.
How do you pronounce 正是?
正是 is pronounced zhèngshì.
Is 正是 an HSK word?
正是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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