可是

可是 in English

kě shì conjunction HSK 3
but / however / (used for emphasis) indeed

Character breakdown

Stroke order

Le caractère 可 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 可 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 是 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 是 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • Jane 又胖、又没礼貌、又烟不离手,可是 Ken 却觉得她可爱、动人,所谓「爱情是盲目的」,大概就是这个意思了吧。

    Jane is fat and rude, and smokes too much. However, Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind.

  • 你们的计划很好,可是我的更好。

    Your plan is very good, but mine is better.

  • 可是你的函数不符合利普希茨条件!

    But your function isn't Lipschitz continuous!

  • 可是这不是最后一班火车,对吧?

    But that's not the last train, right?

  • 我们九点上课,可是他九点一刻才来。

    We start class at nine o'clock, but he didn’t come until quarter past.

  • 我倒是很想去看这场比赛,可是不知道有没有时间。

    I'd certainly like to go and watch the match; it's just that I'm not sure if I have time.

  • 我想买那辆车,可是我却没有钱。

    I would buy the car but I am poor.

  • 虽然我住在她家附近,可是也很少见到她。

    Living near her house, I seldom see her.

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