可是

HSK 3#404 by frequencyradical 口

kě shì["c","d","v"]

but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

Examples

可是太贵了！

But it's too expensive!

你还年轻，可是没有永久。

You're still young, but not permanently.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.