HSK 2 · Linking words

但是

dàn shì

but

Stroke order of 但是

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

但 · 7 strokes 是 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

A person '亻' waits for dawn '旦', but the sun '日' says it is '是' not yet.

Parts: 但 but (亻 person + 旦 dawn) + 是 is (日 sun + 疋-like bottom)

The characters in 但是

但 dàn — but (7 strokes)
是 shì — to be (am / is / are) (9 strokes)

Example sentence

我想去，但是我没有时间。

I want to go, but I don't have time.

Words with 但

但but 不但not only

Words with 是

是to be (am / is / are)是不是is it or not 还是or; still; had better 老是always (complaining)可是but 正是exactly; precisely 总是always 要是if 就是exactly; just 只是only; merely; but 有的是to have plenty of

More words: Linking words

但but 可是but 不过but; however 而且and also; moreover 不但not only 虽然although 因为because 所以so; therefore 如果if 的话if (at end of clause)或or 或者or 比如for example 比如说for example 例如for example

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