kě shì

HSK 2

可是 (kě shì) is a Chinese word meaning “but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed”.

Meanings

  1. 1but; however
  2. 2(used for emphasis) indeed
Part of speech
conjunction

Characters in 可是

可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

Related words

是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]可以can但是but; however可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)是的yes, that's right就是exactly; precisely只是merely; only; just; nothing but还是still (as before)真是indeed; truly

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