可是

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (可是)		可	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěshì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): khóⁿ-sǐ / khó-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kěshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² si⁶
  - Yale: hó sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-sī
  - Tâi-lô: khó-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoysi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/

Conjunction

可是

however; but

我不是中國人可是我會說普通話。 [MSC, trad.]
我不是中国人可是我会说普通话。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bù shì zhōngguórén kěshì wǒ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà. [Pinyin]
I am not Chinese but I can speak Mandarin Chinese.

《我很醜可是我很溫柔》 [MSC, trad.]
《我很丑可是我很温柔》 [MSC, simp.]
“Wǒ Hěn Chǒu Kěshì Wǒ Hěn Wēnróu” [Pinyin]
"I am Ugly, but I am Gentle" (a 1988 song by Chief Chao)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是、但、可是、不過、然而
Mandarin	Beijing	但是、但、可是、不過
Mandarin	Taiwan	但是、但、可是、不過
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係、不過、之不過
	Hong Kong	但係、不過、之不過
	Taishan	但係
Hakka	Meixian	但係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係、毋過
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	但係、毋過
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	但係、毋過
	Dongshi (Dabu)	但係、毋過
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	但係、毋過
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	毋過
Min Dong	Matsu	但是
Min Nan	Xiamen	但是、毋過、毋句、不過、不而過
	Quanzhou	但是、毋句、不過、不而過
	Zhangzhou	但是、毋過、不過、不而過
	Taipei	但是、毋過、不而過
	Penang	tapi、但是
	Singapore	tapi
	Medan	tapi
Wu	Shanghai	但是、必過、不過

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