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但是

dànshì
conjunctionHSK 2

“But” in Chinese is 但是 (dànshì).

Meaning

  • but; however

Example

但是您有孩子。

But you have kids.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dànHSK 27 strokesbut; yet; however; stillshìHSK 19 strokesto be (followed by substantives only)

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