Be
"Be" in cmn
or implied
(auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)
來 /来
lái
(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
在
zài
(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
在
(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
在
zài
(to occupy a place)
在
zài
(to occur, take place)
在
zài
(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
存在
cúnzài
(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
是
shì
(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)
是
shì
(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
是
shì
(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
是
shì
(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)
是
shì
(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
是
shì
(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
有
yǒu
(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)
有
yǒu
(to occur, take place)
有
yǒu
(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)
正在
zhèngzài
(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
歲 /岁
suì
(used to state the age of a subject in years)
着
zhe
(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)
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