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Mythic Mandarin

但是 (dàn shì): meaning and stroke order

但是 (dàn shì) means but; however.

但是

Simplified
但是
Traditional
但是 (same form)
Pinyin
dàn shì

Stroke order of 但是

但

  • dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

是

  • shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
  • shì variant of 是[shi4]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 昰

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 但是

  1. dàn shì
    • but; however

Radicals of the characters

但
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 旦 on the right
是
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 𤴓 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

但是 in our stories

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  • 孟凯紧张得手都出汗了，但是他知道，现在回去拿已经来不及了。

    Mèng Kǎi jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu chū hàn le dànshì tā zhīdao xiànzài huíqu ná yǐjīng láibují le

    Meng Kai was so nervous his hands were sweating, but he knew there was no time to go back for it.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

  • 虽然没有做到十个，但是大家都给她鼓掌。

    suīrán méiyǒu zuòdào shí gè dànshì dàjiā dōu gěi tā gǔzhǎng

    Although she didn't reach ten, everyone applauded her.

    From the story Pull-ups HSK 4

  • 虽然样子很厉害，但是它非常善良，走路的时候连小草都舍不得踩。

    suīrán yàngzi hěn lìhai dànshì tā fēicháng shànliáng zǒulù de shíhou lián xiǎo cǎo dōu shěbude cǎi

    It may look fierce, but it is very kind: when it walks it cannot bear to tread on even a blade of grass.

    From the story The qilin HSK 4

Where you learn it

但是 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 3 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Stories using 但是

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).