但是 dànshì

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Traditional form

但是 dànshì

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

但 dàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 旦 dàn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

旦 dàn

Positional decomposition

⿰亻旦

Number of Strokes

是 shì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿱日疋

Number of Strokes

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他们 tā men 争论 zhēnglùn 得 dé 很 hěn 激烈 jīliè , 但 dàn 是 shì 谁 shuí 也 Yě 说服 shuōfú 不 bù 了谁.

They argue heatedly, but neither could convince the other.

那 Nā 是 shì 一 yī 部 bù 老 lǎo 电影 diànyǐng , 但是 dànshì 很 hěn 好 hǎo .

It's an old film, but it's very good.

他 tā 又 yòu 把 bǎ 我 wǒ 推 tuī 转 zhuǎn 过 Guò 身 shēn 来 lái , 客客气气但是 dànshì 不容 bù róng 分 fēn 说 shuì , “ 我们 wǒmen 到 dào 里面 lǐ miàn 去 qù 吧 bā . ”

He turned me around again, politely and abruptly. " We'll go inside. "

尽管 jǐnguǎn 张东家境 jiā jìng 比较 bǐjiào 富裕 Fùyù , 但是 dànshì 他 tā 的 de 穿着 chuān zhuó 却 què 十分 shífēn 朴素 pǔsù .

Though Zhang Dong 's family is wealthy, he is usually simply dressed.

他 tā 的 de 名字 míngzi 叫 jiào 理查德 Lǐ chá dé ,但是 dànshì 我们 wǒmen 都 dōu 称 chèn 他 tā 狄克.

His name is Richard but we all call him Dich.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 但是 dànshì and their own compounds.

但 dàn

旦 dàn

一 yī , 日 Rì

亻 rén

人 rén

是 shì

正 zhēng , 日 Rì

See all 38 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 但是 dànshì in their composition.

但 dàn

是 shì

題 tí

题 Tí , 提 tí , 匙 shī , 堤 dī , 缇 tí , 醍 tí , 媞 tí , 鳀 tí , 韪 wěi , 寔 shí , 湜 shí , 禔 tí , 諟, 踶 dì , 鍉 dī , 鞮 dī , 騠, 鶗 tí , 偍, 尟, 崼, 徥, 惿, 煶, 瑅, 睼, 碮, 緹, 翨, 蝭, 褆, 趧, 遈, 隄 dī , 韙 wěi , 鯷 tí