HSK 2 · Linking words

可是

kě shì

but

Stroke order of 可是

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

可 · 5 strokes是 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

Possible (可) and right (是), yet with a turn: but.

Parts: 可 can + 是 to be

The characters in 可是

是 shì — to be (am / is / are) (9 strokes)

Example sentence

我很累，可是还要工作。

I'm very tired, but I still have to work.

Words with 可

可爱cute; lovely 可怕terrible; scary 可能possible; maybe 可以can; may 可乐cola 可靠reliable 认可to approve; approval

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)但是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 但是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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