倒是 dàoshi HSK5 actually Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 倒是 dàoshi actually adverb Used to indicate that something is unexpected or contrary to what was expected; actually; contrariwise 广场本身倒是没什么特别的。 guǎngchǎng běnshēn dàoshi méishénme tèbié de. The square itself is nothing special. 我倒是不介意干点别的。 wǒ dàoshi bù jièyì gàn diǎn biéde. I wouldn’t mind doing something else. however Used to express a concession or transition, often followed by a clause starting with 但是 dànshì or 就是 jiùshì; however; while it is true that... [urgency/impatience] Used when pressing or urging someone for an answer or action, often reflecting the speaker's impatience [softener] Used to soften the tone of a disagreement or to make a statement sound less blunt or certain Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 10.8 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 33.8 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References See 但是 dànshì就是 jiùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
倒是 dàoshi actually adverb Used to indicate that something is unexpected or contrary to what was expected; actually; contrariwise 广场本身倒是没什么特别的。 guǎngchǎng běnshēn dàoshi méishénme tèbié de. The square itself is nothing special. 我倒是不介意干点别的。 wǒ dàoshi bù jièyì gàn diǎn biéde. I wouldn’t mind doing something else. however Used to express a concession or transition, often followed by a clause starting with 但是 dànshì or 就是 jiùshì; however; while it is true that... [urgency/impatience] Used when pressing or urging someone for an answer or action, often reflecting the speaker's impatience [softener] Used to soften the tone of a disagreement or to make a statement sound less blunt or certain Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 10.8 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 33.8 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References See 但是 dànshì就是 jiùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
