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)

zài

(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

zài

(to occupy a place)

zài

(to occur, take place)

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)

shì

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

shì

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

shì

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

shì

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

shì

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

shì

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

yǒu

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

yǒu

(to occur, take place)

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)

zhe

(auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.