HSK 2 vocabularyHSK 3.0

但是

dànshì

but; however

HSK 2

Meaning of 但是 in English

dànshìHSK 2conjunctionSyllabus #331
  1. but; however

Example sentences

  1. 她很窮,但是她很快樂。
    tā hěn qióng, dàn shì tā hěn kuài lè。
    She is poor, but she is happy.
    Tatoeba #892521 by Martha · #508799 by kebukebu · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 他不是歌手,但是个演员。
    tā bú shì gē shǒu, dàn shì gè yǎn yuán。
    He is not a singer, but an actor.
    Tatoeba #334209 by fucongcong · #294495 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 他累了,但是他繼續工作。
    tā lèi le, dàn shì tā jì xù gōng zuò。
    He was tired, but he kept working.
    Tatoeba #887781 by Martha · #388560 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences