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正是

zhèng shì

2-character word

What 正是 means

1. is precisely

The characters in 正是

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 正是这个意思！
  That's exactly what it means!
• 现在正是好时候。
  The present time is a good time.
• 这正是问题的关键。
  Zhè zhèngshì wèntí de guānjiàn.
  That's the point.
• 它正是我所期待的。
  It's just what I expected.
• 这正是我需要的东西。
  Zhè zhèngshì wǒ xūyào de dōngxi.
  This is exactly what I need.
• 这大概正是我要做的。
  Zhè dàgài zhèngshì wǒ yào zuò de.
  Maybe that's what I'll do.

Sounds the same

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

• 正式formal; official
• 正视to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
• 正事one's proper business
• 政事politics; government affairs
• 正室primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife