便是

biànshì

adverb HSK 6 #12,787

Meanings

Zhè biàn shì wǒ yào shuō de huà.

This is precisely what I wanted to say.

Nàge rén biàn shì wǒmen de xīn lǎoshī.

That person is exactly our new teacher.

Biàn shì xiàyǔ, wǒ yě yào qù.

Even if it rains, I still want to go.

便是 is literary/formal. In spoken Chinese, 就是 (jiù shì) is the everyday equivalent.

usage

When meaning 'even if', it appears at the start of a clause, similar to 即使 (jíshǐ).

便 biàn

是 shì