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Jyutping daan6 si6
Pinyin dàn shi

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. conj
    but; however
    (syn.) 无奈, 無奈
    • 這兩台筆記本雖然外形很像,但是功能上卻差別很大。
      这两台笔记本虽然外形很像,但是功能上却差别很大。
      zhè liǎng tái bǐ jì běn suī rán wài xíng hěn xiàng , dàn shì gōng néng shàng què chā bié hěn dà .
      Although these two notebooks look very similar, their functions are quite different.
    • 王秀英雖然考了第一,但是她一點也不驕傲。
      王秀英虽然考了第一,但是她一点也不骄傲。
      wáng xiù yīng suī rán kǎo le dì yī , dàn shì tā yī diǎn yě bù jiāo ào .
      Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.
    • 你剛才説得很好,但是有一點我不敢苟同。
      你刚才说得很好,但是有一点我不敢苟同。
      nǐ gāng cái shuō de hěn hǎo , dàn shì yǒu yī diǎn wǒ bù gǎn gǒu tóng .
      What you just said makes sense, but there is one thing I can't agree with.
  2. adv, literary
    merely by; just by ... alone

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Jyutping daan6 si6
Pinyin dàn shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. but; however
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 連詞、書面語
    連接​兩句​有​轉折關​係​嘅​句子
    however
    • 我雖然不聰明,但是我也不笨。
      我虽然不聪明,但是我也不笨。
      ngo5 seoi1 jin4 bat1 cung1 ming4 daan6 si6 ngo5 jaa5 bat1 ban6
      Although I'm not smart, I'm not stupid either.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. conj
    but; however
    (syn.) 无奈, 無奈
    • 這兩台筆記本雖然外形很像,但是功能上卻差別很大。
      这两台笔记本虽然外形很像,但是功能上却差别很大。
      zhè liǎng tái bǐ jì běn suī rán wài xíng hěn xiàng , dàn shì gōng néng shàng què chā bié hěn dà .
      Although these two notebooks look very similar, their functions are quite different.
    • 王秀英雖然考了第一,但是她一點也不驕傲。
      王秀英虽然考了第一,但是她一点也不骄傲。
      wáng xiù yīng suī rán kǎo le dì yī , dàn shì tā yī diǎn yě bù jiāo ào .
      Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.
    • 你剛才説得很好,但是有一點我不敢苟同。
      你刚才说得很好,但是有一点我不敢苟同。
      nǐ gāng cái shuō de hěn hǎo , dàn shì yǒu yī diǎn wǒ bù gǎn gǒu tóng .
      What you just said makes sense, but there is one thing I can't agree with.
  2. adv, literary
    merely by; just by ... alone
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #105
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    但是他不常微笑。
    但是他不常微笑。
    dàn shì tā bù cháng wēi xiào 。
    • But he did not often smile.
  2. Mandarin
    他试图游过河,但是失败了。
    他試圖遊過河,但是失敗了。
    tā shì tú yóu guò hé , dàn shì shī bài le 。
    • He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.
    • He failed in his attempt to swim the river.
  3. Mandarin
    我们有你的尺寸,但是没有那个颜色。
    我們有你的尺寸,但是沒有那個顏色。
    wǒ men yǒu nǐ de chǐ cun , dàn shì méi yǒu nà ge yán sè 。
    • We have your size, but not in that color.
  4. Mandarin
    这场秀棒极了,但是门票太贵了。
    這場秀棒極了,但是門票太貴了。
    zhè chǎng xiù bàng jí le , dàn shì mén piào tài guì le 。
    • The show was wonderful, but the tickets were too expensive.
  5. Mandarin
    他不是歌手,但是个演员。
    他不是歌手,但是個演員。
    tā bú shi gē shǒu , dàn shì gè yǎn yuán 。
    • He is not a singer, but an actor.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我劝过佢哋但是冇用。
    我勸過佢哋但是冇用。
    ngo5 hyun3 gwo3 keoi5 dei2 daan6 si6 mou5 jung6 。
    • I tried in vain to persuade them.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我虽然不聪明,但是我也不笨。
    我雖然不聰明,但是我也不笨。
    ngo5 seoi1 jin4 bat1 cung1 ming4 daan6 si6 ngo5 jaa5 bat1 ban6
    • Although I'm not smart, I'm not stupid either.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    虽然我的阅读水平很好,但是跟中国人讲话有点困难。
    雖然我的閲讀水平很好,但是跟中國人講話有點困難。
    suī rán wǒ de yuè dú shuǐ píng hěn hǎo , dàn shì gēn zhōng guó rén jiǎng huà yǒu diǎn kùn nán .
    • Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people.
  2. Mandarin
    但是
    但是
    dàn shì
    • but
  3. Mandarin
    张女士投诉称,因为家里一台一匹分体空调不制冷,以为是雪种不够了,就花了100元加雪种,但是两天之后又不制冷了。
    張女士投訴稱,因為家裏一台一匹分體空調不製冷,以為是雪種不夠了,就花了100元加雪種,但是兩天之後又不製冷了。
    zhāng nǚ shì tóu sù chēng , yīn wèi jiā lǐ yī tái yī pǐ fēn tǐ kōng diào bù zhì lěng , yǐ wèi shì xuě zhǒng bù gòu le , jiù huā le 100 yuán jiā xuě zhǒng , dàn shì liǎng tiān zhī hòu yòu bù zhì lěng le .
    • Ms. Zhang filed a complaint, saying that because her house's one-horsepower split air conditioner was not blowing cold air, she thought there were not enough freons. She spent 100 yuan to add freons, but two days later it was not blowing cold air again.
  4. Mandarin
    但是这儿我住厌了。
    但是這兒我住厭了。
    dàn shì zhè r5 wǒ zhù yàn le .
    • But I've grown tired of living here.
  5. Mandarin
    我父母亲希望我学医,但是我不愿意。
    我父母親希望我學醫,但是我不願意。
    wǒ fù mǔ qīn xī wàng wǒ xué yī , dàn shì wǒ bù yuàn yì .
    • My parents hoped I would study medicine, but I didn't want to.