正是

zhèngshì

adverb HSK 2 #1,149

Meanings

HSK 1

这正是我想要的。

Zhè zhèngshì wǒ xiǎng yào de.

This is exactly what I want.

HSK 1

他正是我要找的人。

Tā zhèngshì wǒ yào zhǎo de rén.

He is exactly the person I'm looking for.

HSK 2

正是因为这样，我才来的。

Zhèngshì yīnwèi zhèyàng, wǒ cái lái de.

It's precisely because of this that I came.

grammar

正是 emphasizes confirmation or identification. It's often used in the pattern 正是因为…(才)… meaning 'it's precisely because… (that)…'.

正 zhèng

是 shì