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But in Chinese: 但是 (dàn shì)

dàn shì

but

HSK 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1but; however

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Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢˋ

dàn

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 但是他很幸运。

    dàn shì tā hěn xìng yùn。

    But he was lucky.

  • 但是您有孩子。

    dàn shì nín yǒu hái zi。

    But you have kids.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

但

dàn

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

老是

lǎo shi

always

正是

zhèng shì

is precisely

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