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 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)