不是……而是……

Chinese

		to not be	Ellipsis.	but; rather
simp. and trad. (不是……而是……)		不是	……	而是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùshì...érshì...

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄦˊ ㄕˋ ...
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶... ji⁴ si⁶...

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùshì...érshì... [Phonetic: búshì...érshì...]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ... ㄦˊ ㄕˋ ...
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4shyh...elrshyh...
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶... ji⁴ si⁶...
  - Yale: bāt sih... yìh sih...
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶... ji⁴ si⁶...
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶... yi⁴ xi⁶...
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² jiː²¹ siː²² /

Conjunction

不是……而是……

not ... but ...

他不是英國人，而是美國人。 [MSC, trad.]
他不是英国人，而是美国人。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùshì Yīngguórén, érshì Měiguórén. [Pinyin]
He is not a Brit but an American.

See also

不是……就是…… (bùshì...jiùshì...)

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