倒
是

Contrary to what one might expect in Chinese: 倒是 (dào shi)

dào shi

contrary to what one might expect

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Definitions

  1. 1contrary to what one might expect
  2. 2actually
  3. 3contrariwise
  4. 4why don't you

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倒
是

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄕ

shi

˙/ neutral toneㄕ/ sh

Example sentences

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  • 这件衣服看着旧，穿着倒是很舒服。

    zhè jiàn yī fu kàn zhe jiù， chuān zhe dào shi hěn shū fú。

    This shirt looks old, but it's actually quite comfortable to wear.

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

倒

dǎo

to fall

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

倒霉

dǎo méi

to have bad luck

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

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