| 很 |
hěn shì | (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) |
| 很 |
hěn | very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 是 |
shì | to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 |
shì | variant of 是 |