HSK 6 · Function Words

凡是 fánshì “every” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 凡是 means

  1. every
  2. all
  3. any
  4. each and every

How to say 凡是

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凡fán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale是shì4th tone, falling

凡是 in a sentence

  1. 凡是大城市都有交通堵塞的问题。

    Fánshì dà chéngshì dōu yǒu jiāotōng dǔsè de wèntí.

    All big cities have traffic congestion problems.

    Sentence #10488765 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 凡是 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 凡 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
凡fánordinary
  • 几table · jī
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 是 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
是shìto be
  • 日sun · rì
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ

How to write 凡是

凡 3 strokes · 是 9 strokes

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凡是 (fánshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 凡是 (fánshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 凡是

Words with 凡

平凡píngfán · ordinary

Words with 是

是shì · to be但是dànshì · but总是zǒngshì · always还是háishi · or只是zhǐshì · only可是kěshì · but是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)要是yàoshi · if于是yúshì · thereupon就是jiùshì · exactly

More words: Function Words & Grammar

大致dàzhì · roughly栋dòng · measure word for buildings而已éryǐ · that’s all番fān · (measure word for actions or efforts)反之fǎnzhī · conversely公然gōngrán · openly归根到底guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis过于guòyú · excessively

FAQs

凡是 (fánshì) means “every” or “all”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fánshì: fán with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 凡是 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凡是 from the suggestions. Typing fanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凡是 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.