但係

See also: 但系

Chinese

		but; yet; however but; yet; however; only; merely; still	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (但係)		但	係
simp. (但系)		但	系

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan⁶ hai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): an⁵ hai⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): than-he

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dan⁴ hê⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ hai⁶
    • Yale: daahn haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² hɐi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: an⁵ hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /an³² hai³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: than-he
    • Hakka Romanization System: tan he
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tan⁴ he⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵⁵ he⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dan⁴ hê⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ he⁵³/

Conjunction

但係

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) but

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而, 然, 但, 卻, 則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	Pematangsiantar	tapi
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but
	Taishan	但係
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	但係
	Singapore (Guangfu)	但係, 不過, 之不過
Hakka	Meixian	但係, 董係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係, 毋過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	但係, 毋過, 毋故
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	但係, 毋過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	但係, 毋過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	但係, 毋過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋過
	Senai (Huiyang)	但係
	Kuching (Hepo)	tapi
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	但是
	Matsu	但是
Southern Min	Xiamen	但是, 毋過, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Quanzhou	但是, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Zhangzhou	但是, 毋過, 不過, 不而過
	Taipei	但是, 毋過, 不而過
	Penang (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Manila (Hokkien)	但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Medan (Hokkien)	tapi
	Shantou	是呾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	是呾
	Jieyang	是呾, 比補
	Bangkok (Teochew)	但是, แต่ว่า
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	但是, tapi
	Singapore (Teochew)	tapi, 不過, 但是
	Wenchang	但是
	Qionghai	但是
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過
	Wuxi	但必過