Read Edit View history 倒是 dàoshi HSK5 actually Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 倒是 dàoshi actually adverb used to indicate a fact or provide a concession, often followed by a qualification 房子倒是挺大，就是离市区太远。 fángzi dàoshi tǐng dà, jiù shì lí shìqū tài yuǎn. The house is quite large, but it's just too far from the city center. contrariwise adverb contrary to what one might expect or what was previously mentioned 我以为他会反对，他倒是同意了。 wǒ yǐwéi tā huì fǎnduì, tā dàoshi tóngyì le. I thought he would object, but he actually agreed. why don't you adverb used to express impatience or to urge someone to take action 你倒是说话呀，别老是沉默。 nǐ dàoshi shuōhuà ya, bié lǎoshi chénmò. Why don't you say something instead of just staying silent? Frequency Movie subtitles 10.8 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 33.8 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 5 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
倒是 dàoshi actually adverb used to indicate a fact or provide a concession, often followed by a qualification 房子倒是挺大，就是离市区太远。 fángzi dàoshi tǐng dà, jiù shì lí shìqū tài yuǎn. The house is quite large, but it's just too far from the city center. contrariwise adverb contrary to what one might expect or what was previously mentioned 我以为他会反对，他倒是同意了。 wǒ yǐwéi tā huì fǎnduì, tā dàoshi tóngyì le. I thought he would object, but he actually agreed. why don't you adverb used to express impatience or to urge someone to take action 你倒是说话呀，别老是沉默。 nǐ dàoshi shuōhuà ya, bié lǎoshi chénmò. Why don't you say something instead of just staying silent? Frequency Movie subtitles 10.8 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 33.8 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 5 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)