正是 (zhèng shì): meaning and stroke order
正是 (zhèng shì) means is precisely.
正是
- Simplified
- 正是
- Traditional
- 正是 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhèng shì
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Stroke order of 正是
正
- zhēng first month of the lunar year
- zhèng straight; upright
- 5 strokes
Stroke by stroke
是
- shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
- shì variant of 是[shi4]
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 昰
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Meaning of 正是
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zhèng shì
- is precisely
Radicals of the characters
- 正
- Radical 止 (Kangxi radical 77) · 5 strokes · 一 on top, 止 below
- 是
- Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 𤴓 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
正是 in our stories
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龙王这才害怕起来，连夜去求唐太宗，因为负责行刑的，正是太宗的大臣魏征。
Lóngwáng zhè cái hàipà qǐlai liányè qù qiú Táng Tàizōng yīnwèi fùzé xíngxíng de zhèngshì Tàizōng de dàchén Wèi Zhēng
Only then did the Dragon King grow afraid. That very night he went to beg Emperor Taizong for help, for the one charged with the execution was none other than Taizong's minister Wei Zheng.
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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她发现，这些“果子”原来是一种小虫吐丝做成的茧，小虫吃的正是桑树的叶子。
tā fāxiàn zhèxiē guǒzi yuánlái shì yì zhǒng xiǎo chóng tǔ sī zuò chéng de jiǎn xiǎo chóng chī de zhèngshì sāngshù de yèzi
She discovered that the "fruits" were really cocoons spun from the silk of a small worm, and that the worms fed on mulberry leaves.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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追不上的梦想，未必就是白追的。这，或许正是这个古老神话最动人之处。
zhuī bú shàng de mèngxiǎng wèibì jiù shì bái zhuī de zhè huòxǔ zhèngshì zhè gè gǔlǎo shénhuà zuì dòngrén zhī chù
A dream you cannot catch up with is not necessarily chased in vain. This, perhaps, is what is most moving about this ancient myth.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 正是
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).