# 但是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dànshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daan$^6$ si$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dáng-*sê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tān-sī / tān-sǐ / nā-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^6$ si$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànshì → dànshi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ → ㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànshi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-shih$^5$
*** Yale: dàn-shr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann.shyh
*** Palladius: даньши (danʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /tän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^6$ si$^6$
*** Yale: daahn sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^6$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^6$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn²² siː²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng-*sê
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ sɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān-sī
*** Tâi-lô: tān-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxnsi
*** IPA (Taipei): /tan³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Penang): /tan²¹ si²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan²²⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan³³⁻²¹ si³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: tān-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻²² si²²/
*** IPA (Philippines): /tan⁴¹⁻²² si³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-sī
*** Tâi-lô: nā-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naxsi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²⁻²¹ si²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nã³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã³³⁻²¹ si³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dang$^6$ si$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăng sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-zy
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ zy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² zz̩⁴⁴/

### Conjunction

但是
* but; however
       Zhè liǎng tái bǐjìběn suīrán wàixíng hěn xiàng, dànshì gōngnéng shàng què chābié hěn dà. [Pinyin]
       Although these two notebooks look very similar, their functions are quite different.
       Wáng Xiùyīng suīrán kǎo le dìyī, dànshì tā yīdiǎn yě bù jiāo'ào. [Pinyin]
       Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.
       Nǐ gāngcái shuō de hěn hǎo, dànshì yǒu yī diǎn wǒ bùgǎngǒutóng. [Pinyin]
       What you just said makes sense, but there is one thing I can't agree with.
    From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 5:13
    Kî-û ê lâng bô chi̍t ê káⁿ kūn-óa in, nā-sī peh-sìⁿ chun-tiōng in. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

#### Usage notes

Unlike in English, in Chinese it is customary for 雖然／虽然 (suīrán, “although”) to be followed by 但是 (dànshì, “but; however”).

#### Synonyms

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

### Adverb

但是
* (literary) merely by; just by ... alone