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凡是

fán shì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

凡是 (fán shì) means "any/every (that meets a condition)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 凡是 means

1. each and every; every; all; any

The characters in 凡是

• 凡fánordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 凡是大城市都有交通堵塞的问题。
  All big cities have traffic problems.
• 凡是反动的东西，你不打，它就不倒。
  Everything reactionary is the same; if you do not hit it, it will not fall.
• 伊隆马斯克将「凡是与你作对的人都是恋童癖」这一保守派惯用的抹黑手法发挥得淋漓尽致。
  Elon Musk embodies the conservative propaganda tactic of calling everyone who crosses you a pedophile.

Sounds the same

Read fán shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凡事everything
• 繁峙see 繁峙县

Where 凡是 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Discourse Particles & Adverbs (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fán shì correctly.
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