可是 kěshì

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Traditional form

可是 kěshì

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

可 kě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as 柯 kē (kē). 口 kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

口 kǒu

Semantic compound

丁 Dīng

Positional decomposition

⿻丁口

Number of Strokes

是 shì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿱日疋

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 虽然 suīrán 老 lǎo 了 le , 可 kě 是 shì 挺 tǐng 活跃 huóyuè .

He is old, yet active.

我 wǒ 叫 jiào 他 tā 别 Bié 去 qù , 可是 kěshì 他 tā 偏偏 piānpiān 不 bù 听 yǐn .

I told him not to go, but he just wouldn't listen.

我们 wǒmen 叫 jiào 他 tā 来 lái , 可是 kěshì 他 tā 拒绝 jùjué 了 le .

We asked him to come, but he refused.

我 wǒ 想 xiǎng 请 qǐng 他 tā 到 dào 家里 jiā lǐ 喝 hē 咖啡 kāfēi , 可 kě 是 shì 孩子 háizi 们 men 生病 shēngbìng 了 le .

I would ask him over for coffee, but the children are ill.

现在 xiànzài 固然 gùrán 已 yǐ 不 bù 是 shì 冬天 dōng tiān 了 le , 可是 kěshì 天气 tiānqì 还 Huán 是 shì 相当 xiāngdāng 冷 Lěng .

To be sure, it is no longer winter; neverthless, it is quite cold.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 可是 kěshì and their own compounds.

可 kě

丁 Dīng

一 yī , 亅 jué

口 kǒu

是 shì

正 zhēng , 日 Rì

See all 119 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 可是 kěshì in their composition.

可 kě

何 Hé

荷 hé

嗬 hē

哥 gē

歌 gē , 鎶, 彁, 戨, 滒, 謌

奇 jī

猗 yī

漪 yī

骑 jì , 寄 jì , 椅 yǐ , 崎 qí , 畸 jī , 琦 qí , 倚 yǐ , 绮 qǐ , 犄 jī , 埼 qí , 旖 yǐ , 剞 jī , 掎 jǐ , 攲 qī , 敧 qǐ , 欹 yī , 觭 jī , 踦 jǐ , 锜 qí , 齮 yǐ , 婍, 徛, 旑, 渏, 碕, 綺 qǐ , 裿, 躸, 輢, 錡, 陭, 騎 qí , 鵸

阿 Ā

啊 ā , 婀 ē , 锕 ā , 屙 ē , 娿, 痾 kē , 錒 ā

河 hé

菏 hé

柯 kē , 呵 ā , 苛 kē , 坷 kě , 珂 kē , 诃 hē , 蚵 hé , 哿 gě , 妸 ē , 岢 kě , 牁 kē , 疴 kē , 砢 luǒ , 舸 gě , 轲 kē , 钶 ē , 抲, 炣, 牱, 竒, 笴, 胢, 袔, 訶 hē , 跒, 軻 kē , 酠, 鈳, 閜, 魺, 鲄, 鴚

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