可是(kě shì): but
HSK 22 characters
but
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- kě shì
- Meaning
- but; however
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Appears in lessons
可是 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 可是 — tap one to open its word page.
bù不kě可sī思yì议
HSK 7-9(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
yī一cù蹴kě可jǐ几
to succeed at the first try (idiom)
bù不kě可
cannot; should not; must not
bù不kě可yī一shì世
(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
bù不kě可gū估liang量
inestimable
bù不kě可fēn分gē割
inalienable
bù不kě可shèng胜shǔ数
countless
bù不kě可shèng胜yán言
inexpressible (idiom)
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