Difference Between 但是 (dànshì) and 可是 (kěshì)|Learn Chinese

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  • Did you know that 但是 (but) and 可是 (but) actually convey different tones (of voice)? In this video, you'll learn what the difference is between them so you can use them more accurately in Chinese conversation.
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    00:29 The use of 但是 and 可是
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Комментарии • 131

  • @lun1t5u_
    @lun1t5u_ 8 месяцев назад +36

    When you’re a native Chinese speaker but you didn’t know the difference:

    • @jakewood5475
      @jakewood5475 8 месяцев назад +5

      太真实了。母语者都知道怎么用,但是大部分人解释不出来那些细微差别。

  • @qazsedcft2162
    @qazsedcft2162 8 месяцев назад +34

    Some suggestions:
    完成 vs. 结束
    变化 vs. 改变
    变得 vs. 成为
    周 vs. 星期
    感到 vs. 觉得
    Thanks!

  • @Joyful_Mandarin_Story
    @Joyful_Mandarin_Story 8 месяцев назад +79

    I’m a native Taiwanese 但是 still learn a lot from your video! Thank you!

    • @oraorao8245
      @oraorao8245 8 месяцев назад +5

      Same! As a native speaker we never thought about the deeper meaning and usage of 但是/可是, this video is blowing my mind

    • @Qladstone
      @Qladstone 8 месяцев назад

      但是可是既是即是所以是以须要需要

    • @Hween900
      @Hween900 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@oraorao8245Hello!! I'm learning Taiwanese Mandarin and I'd love to make a new Taiwanese friend to chat with :)) would you be my friend?
      你好! 我學習臺灣中文和我想要臺灣朋朋!

    • @Joyful_Mandarin_Story
      @Joyful_Mandarin_Story 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Hween900 you aren’t asking me but i would love to👋🏻

    • @ejdlee
      @ejdlee 8 месяцев назад

      但是 is 'but'. 可是 is more like 'however'

  • @GraceMandarinChinese
    @GraceMandarinChinese  8 месяцев назад +22

    Feel free to let me know which synonyms you'd like me to analyze next! 💛

    • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
      @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад +2

      I think of danshi as "but" and keshi as "however" i just started watching your video!

    • @ydduar5932
      @ydduar5932 8 месяцев назад

    • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
      @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад

      I love all your work, but this was the funniest.
      May I suggest? Reuse the three skits, but just with a voiceover discussing what happened in Chinese, just soft sub the dialogues. It would be an interesting video to discuss the emotions and psychological attitudes and tell the story of how YOU wound up with the worlds most clever, witty, selfish, greedy, sarcastic, mean stingy sister! There really are a whole bunch of attitudes emotions and an entire backstory.
      Grace. Why is your twin sister so ... evil. Tell us all the story. We won't judge and are far cheaper than any therapist!
      I LOVED IT
      plus you can teach us nicer insutls than lvcha and biaozi (I am ex military so of course i go for the jugular with swear words)

    • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
      @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад

      this voiceover backstory idea with omniscient perspective can also use sound effects and would be technically super easy, no new filming just dialogue and transcript.
      WHERE DOES IT HURT GRACE
      WHAT ELSE DID SHE DO TO YOU GRACE

    • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
      @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад

      you're brilliant.

  • @RuthS.
    @RuthS. 8 месяцев назад +25

    The "b" in "subtle" is silent. 😊
    Very engaging video lesson and it made me sit through the entire video! 👍🏻
    Just to share with you that my experience in SG is that we use "可是" more often than "但是" regardles of the tone of voice in speaking. Maybe because we add the "mah", "meh", "lah", "lor" sounds at the end of our sentences to enhance the tone of voice instead of using different words.

  • @AmaniPerez
    @AmaniPerez 8 месяцев назад +4

    今天我第一次遇到您的RUclips页面,一看就订阅了,谢谢我是坦桑尼亚人可是我非常喜欢学中文,明年我希望能去中国硕士学习。你看我已经用可是了,看你的视频以前我每天都用但是,但是现在我知道了

  • @Jakikannskxnyl
    @Jakikannskxnyl 8 месяцев назад +14

    Hi~~ I just wanted to share that I’m so happy I understood all of the mini dialogues before the English translations came up! I already watched your videos when I was in Germany but my Chinese was very bad then and I had to rely on the translations. Now I’m living in Taiwan already for 2 months and suddenly I understand everything. I really like that you used authentic daily life example, it’s exactly like what people here have said to me. And now I finally learned a politer response from your video to when someone offers you food and you don’t want it. I always just said: 我不要 but thought it sounds kinda rude but wasn’t sure how to express it differently. So now I want to try using 我沒有很想吃. And even though I have heard 可是 quite a lot of times, I didn’t know there was any difference to 但是 and I just always used 但是 but now I’ll definitely try using 可是 more to sound nicer!

    • @GraceMandarinChinese
      @GraceMandarinChinese  8 месяцев назад +3

      Awww I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing. It warms my heart 🥰🥰

    • @Jakikannskxnyl
      @Jakikannskxnyl 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@GraceMandarinChinese Omg thank you for your reply❤️❤️

  • @camilleb7668
    @camilleb7668 8 месяцев назад +4

    Grace, just wanted to say you are a really good teacher. The funny dialogues and extracts from actual films/series really help. Thank you!

  • @AlbertoMartinez-qo4yg
    @AlbertoMartinez-qo4yg 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this video 🤗!

  • @ariintw
    @ariintw 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is what I need ~Thank you so much❤

  • @ghigno6
    @ghigno6 8 месяцев назад

    I love your skits and examples!

  • @qubix8327
    @qubix8327 8 месяцев назад +6

    Love all of your videos, really helpful for improving my understanding of the language nuances, and of course, always appreciate the entertaining presentation! Keep up the great work, thanks!

  • @egosirius
    @egosirius 8 месяцев назад +1

    Your videos are very well done. Keep it up!

  • @KennyNghiem
    @KennyNghiem 8 месяцев назад

    Been watching your videos a lot to learn mandarin thanks grace 😎

  • @danielmarroquin184
    @danielmarroquin184 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you I checked the video everyday

  • @jmenckowski4823
    @jmenckowski4823 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your amazing videos, learning a lot things ❤

  • @dietrichdietrich7763
    @dietrichdietrich7763 8 месяцев назад

    great lesson on video again

  • @bertrandsander1748
    @bertrandsander1748 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you

  • @user-tz7xd3xo5z
    @user-tz7xd3xo5z 8 месяцев назад +2

    Finally u upload l love your channel so much bcz it's easy to understand you explain it well 😊

  • @RSRADZLAN
    @RSRADZLAN 8 месяцев назад +2

    new follower here, got hooked on based on your Malaysian Mandarin video. I'm a Malay who can speak chinese, everything that you presented was totally relatable. Good job!

  • @zhenma8053
    @zhenma8053 8 месяцев назад

    very very good language channel! I learned chinese more than 20 years ago, but haven't been using it as an everyday language. It helps a lot. Thks a lot!

  • @wsudance85
    @wsudance85 8 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for making this video. I have asked several people about the difference between 但是 and 可是, but no one could give me a straight answer until now 😆

  • @Rypervenche
    @Rypervenche 8 месяцев назад +2

    I would love to see a video on the differences between 剛, 剛剛, and 才剛. I know that the last one is just 才 + 剛, but their usages seem to sometimes overlap and sometimes only one or two can work in a sentence with different nuances. I'd love to finally have some clarity on this so I can speak with confidence. 謝謝!

  • @amirulafiqaizad9035
    @amirulafiqaizad9035 8 месяцев назад +4

    感谢你老师。🙌🏼

  • @jmich7
    @jmich7 8 месяцев назад

    So cute and interesting!

  • @genace
    @genace 8 месяцев назад +4

    lol I’ve always struggled understanding the subtle differences between these two words so I’m glad you made this video. Is this the first time your video used a green screen (or whatever method you used to remove the background)? Looks cool😃

    • @GraceMandarinChinese
      @GraceMandarinChinese  8 месяцев назад +2

      Hi Josh! I actually didn't use a green screen haha, so that's why the quality wasn't so good (I only removed the background with some editing software) 😝 I'm glad you liked it🥳

  • @woodies2009
    @woodies2009 8 месяцев назад +3

    謝謝、Grace!我學到了!
    I hope you're enjoying/enjoyed your trip to Japan😉

  • @stevemiller2706
    @stevemiller2706 8 месяцев назад

    😅 😂 Thanks for the humor 🤣.
    I learn more this way. 👍
    I like your acting also.

  • @lexxryazanov
    @lexxryazanov 8 месяцев назад +10

    Looks like both words are related to the food somehow =)

  • @fantasticchina4341
    @fantasticchina4341 8 месяцев назад +1

    On many levels, Chinese is difficult even for native Chinese people😅, thank you for making this great video and sharing with us and look forward to more 👍🌷☀️

  • @chineseandenglishlanguage
    @chineseandenglishlanguage 8 месяцев назад +1

    Good job keep going

  • @y.s936
    @y.s936 8 месяцев назад +3

    Interesting, never thought about those nuances of those words like that before. Thanks for sharing! What would you think of the word “不过”? What kind of tone is has compared to the two words in your video? Since if use it in a sentence, a lot of the times it could be interchangeable with 可是 and 但是. I guess it also sounds more verbal.

  • @DadInTaiwan
    @DadInTaiwan 8 месяцев назад +1

    雖然我住在台灣15年了,但是我不知道"但是"跟"可是"怎麼不一樣,謝謝老師

  • @TheInterloafer
    @TheInterloafer 4 месяца назад

    這個視頻非常有意思,有趣的。我真的感謝這些subtle differences。謝謝郭老師!可能下同義詞的課妳跟我們可能解釋:一定,確定和肯定。

  • @deontesampson1993
    @deontesampson1993 8 месяцев назад +1

    GRACE!! ❤❤Thanks for another fun & funny😄 lesson I love the cut scenes the classroom scence is definitely me I leave immediately when I hear class is over because I know its a chance the teacher will try to add something on top of homework 😄& the look of shock & disgust when you realized neither of you had your wallet priceless 😂 #LongLivepresidentGracewiththeprettyface #Nodebate #danshi vs Keshi #dont4getyourwallet #She4gotit 😮🤣

  • @therevolutionwillhavebanjos
    @therevolutionwillhavebanjos 8 месяцев назад +3

    Can you do a video explaining either time words and their order for example the differences between 晚上你来我家 and 你晚上回来, or the sentence structure for saying "i have been ..." like "i have been watching a show" "i have been learning chinese for 3 years" etc
    谢谢 for the awesome videos

    • @foodisimportaaant
      @foodisimportaaant 8 месяцев назад

      晚上你来我家means you invited someone to come to your place tonight. 你晚上回来 can't be explained without a specific context, but it generally means someone lives with you and he or she will come back (home) tonight.

  • @kuatkongket8893
    @kuatkongket8893 6 месяцев назад

    As a trilingual (Chinese dialects, English and Malay), I get confused with many words. I simplify it where 但是 (dànshì) is more of "however" and 可是 (kěshì) is more of 'actually'. That is how it influences my usage.

  • @Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes
    @Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes 8 месяцев назад

    I have been studying English, studying English humor and Western culture for many years.
    I’ve made a video about the comparison between Chinese and English and many videos teaching Chinese in graphic and funny ways. Hope they can help in learning Chinese.

  • @okaydoubleu
    @okaydoubleu 8 месяцев назад

    "虽然没有华厦美衣裳 但是心里充满着希望"
    "我很丑 可是我很温柔"
    "有谁想过有始有终 不过是一时脆弱让人放纵"

  • @lapisdeiu3738
    @lapisdeiu3738 8 месяцев назад

    hi grace =) could you do a video about the relative clause? i kind of struggle with it..

  • @ericquagliozzi
    @ericquagliozzi 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this great video. May I ask you what about 不过?

  • @tounvuth3095
    @tounvuth3095 4 месяца назад

    Beauty

  • @tunguyenminh4734
    @tunguyenminh4734 8 месяцев назад

    Can you do a video about all the uses of 的 and 得

    • @foodisimportaaant
      @foodisimportaaant 8 месяцев назад

      a lot of Chinese can't distinguish it as well hhhhhhh, take it easy

  • @FreediveNomad
    @FreediveNomad 8 месяцев назад

    Great video. 可是 “不過”呢?

  • @jasonchen4312
    @jasonchen4312 8 месяцев назад

    I'd like to see a video on 勤奋/勤劳/辛勤/勤勉/勤快! It's my understanding that from most common to least common is the order I've written it here, but I'm not sure if that's correct.

    • @eddyavailable
      @eddyavailable 8 месяцев назад

      勤劳 is more for physical labor. from the word 劳动。hardworking physically.
      勤奋 is the more common one when describing someone being "dilligent".
      thats my take.

  • @sunflower553
    @sunflower553 8 месяцев назад

    please tell me how your english is so good ,please tell me! thank you!

  • @merinsan
    @merinsan 8 месяцев назад

    I really like this style of video, but most of my friends are from China (my wife is from Beijing), and I am worried that I will learn Taiwanese pronunciation/terms that confuse them.
    Sadly my Chinese is still poor after 20+ years, but I can pick up words in conversations and read some words.
    I can't really self study - I need a teacher and structured classes. The times I noticed big improvements was when I were forced to speak to/listen to Chinese speakers.

  • @josephmak0865
    @josephmak0865 8 месяцев назад +1

    A:沒帶錢包也不用怕那餐廳可能收Apple Pay or Google Pay?
    B: 可是電話也沒帶但是可以借電話叫朋友幫忙.
    I think "可是” is short for "可惜是”? so it is different from "但是”, which is more like "however". I am not so sure.

    • @Obelisk57
      @Obelisk57 8 месяцев назад

      可是 looks like 可惜是, but they are not the same. If you translate it into English, 可惜是 just means "REGRETFULLY" or "UNFORTUNATELY" whereas 可是 is just "BUT". In your example sentence, 可惜是 can be used in Mandarin in place of 可是 just like you could in substitute BUT with UNFORTUNATELY, and likewise in both languages, the meaning of the sentence changes somewhat. In has the implications of a "missed opportunity" rather than a simple "BUT".

  • @achisuwu7624
    @achisuwu7624 8 месяцев назад +1

    What about 还是 0.0

  • @wchen20399
    @wchen20399 8 месяцев назад

    I think more people just say 但 for 但是, and 可 for 可是.

  • @eliascampos6721
    @eliascampos6721 8 месяцев назад

    hola sabias español creo o solo ingles saludos desde lima peru

  • @3961049
    @3961049 8 месяцев назад +1

    謝謝,this video is very interesting and instructive! Grace, 能不能解釋一下「他告訴我」和「他跟我説」有沒有什麼區別?

    • @lateme4425
      @lateme4425 8 месяцев назад +1

      完全莫球得区别

    • @jaimeli6239
      @jaimeli6239 8 месяцев назад

      No difference, maybe just regional difference. I’m from GuangDong I prefer 他跟我說

  • @youtubelak4080
    @youtubelak4080 8 месяцев назад +1

    What's b/w 一定&肯听&确定.决定...

  • @jinjja
    @jinjja 8 месяцев назад

    Grace, will you make a Tiktok account sometime?

  • @curlymintdiary754
    @curlymintdiary754 7 месяцев назад

    I think there is also 'buguo'... 对吗?

  • @Thedennati
    @Thedennati 8 месяцев назад

    ”那是刚刚,现在想吃了。“ 笑死我了 😁 非常感谢您,老师,我会将这把句子用很多!

    • @TweenkPL
      @TweenkPL 8 месяцев назад +1

      I think it should be 我会经常用这些句子 or 我会把这些句子用得很多

    • @Thedennati
      @Thedennati 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@TweenkPL谢谢,你绝对正确。你也学中文吗?多久了?

    • @TweenkPL
      @TweenkPL 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Thedennati 对,我也学中文,已经学了三多年了 :)

  • @Top_genes
    @Top_genes 8 месяцев назад

    It's there any difference between China pinyin and Taiwan pinyin because my teacher teach me different pronunciation

  • @Sundari-pm6ng
    @Sundari-pm6ng 8 месяцев назад

    Do you have any online classes if yes please give the details

    • @GraceMandarinChinese
      @GraceMandarinChinese  8 месяцев назад

      Hi! I currently don't have any online classes available. However, if you're interested, please email me your email address. (My email: gracemandarinchinese@gmail.com) I'll reach out to you once I start offering courses or when enrollment begins. Thanks for your interest!

  • @suekam785
    @suekam785 8 месяцев назад

    Hongkonger here and i don’t know the differences 😂😂
    but to be fair we speak cantonese and we use 不過 to express “but”

    • @jasonreviews
      @jasonreviews 8 месяцев назад

      we don't even use bu. Don't say butt. Butt is for butts. we use 唔. We do use butt in cantonese singing.

  • @nowifi8063
    @nowifi8063 8 месяцев назад

    RUclips knows I’ve reading Chinese LN thru scanlating 😂

  • @Found-20
    @Found-20 8 месяцев назад

    XIE XIE NI LAO SHI NI HAO BANG A WO AI NI

  • @Found-20
    @Found-20 8 месяцев назад

    WO HAO XI HUAN ZHONG GUO

  • @richiekong6843
    @richiekong6843 8 месяцев назад +3

    You can consider be actress as part time

  • @eugeneu8286
    @eugeneu8286 8 месяцев назад

    What's the reason to translate 这个看起来很好吃 (this one looks tasty) as 'this looks really good'? It's not a single example of replacing a good literal meaning of words with another one only to give a general understanding of what is said, but not what exactly is said. It doesn't help to learn words.

  • @yamhweeyeo3089
    @yamhweeyeo3089 8 месяцев назад +1

    Not always true though. Don't stifle use of contrastive connectors where the perceived difference is insignificant.

  • @rahulrathod6834
    @rahulrathod6834 8 месяцев назад +1

    सनातन एक बहुत अच्छा धर्म है जो कि सिर्फ भारत मे ही संभव है भारत माता की जय

  • @BearvsTrout
    @BearvsTrout 8 месяцев назад

    2:00 Really enjoyed your acting here as : "Bitchy girl in all-black with backwards hat".

  • @Terresachen0505
    @Terresachen0505 8 месяцев назад +3

    這兩個詞混用是可以的,外國人這集看不懂沒關係可以跳過,因為我也沒有到很懂😅

    • @GraceMandarinChinese
      @GraceMandarinChinese  8 месяцев назад

      對這兩個詞常常可以互換(就像我在影片前面提到的),不過因為它們還是有些微的差異,所以在某些語境下我們可能會偏好使用某一個(例如 03:07 那邊如果用「可是」就有點奇怪)。這部影片就是要讓學習者了解兩個詞細微的差別,讓他們選用更適合的(當然如果不了解也不會對溝通有很大的影響)

    • @Terresachen0505
      @Terresachen0505 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@GraceMandarinChinese 主播好美😍😍😍

  • @Jessica-kx2zg
    @Jessica-kx2zg 8 месяцев назад +1

    作为中国人我不知道怎么回答这个问题😢

  • @user-xj4dm9uf8r
    @user-xj4dm9uf8r 7 месяцев назад

    台湾汉语博主在用拼音教学,🉑。小尊重一下

  • @hangu4267
    @hangu4267 8 месяцев назад

    但是,可是,也许是。
    不是,就是,不就是。。

  • @Topboxicle
    @Topboxicle 8 месяцев назад

    I love how some things transcend cultures, the guy with the backwards cap is always bad news

  • @lycheeberries
    @lycheeberries 8 месяцев назад

    As a Canto speaker, I naturally default to 但是. Hmm, I wonder if that makes me sound more rude…

  • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
    @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад

    That restaurant looks a bit expensive, let's try this one [especially since YOU will be paying for ALL of it】
    双包姐姐太过分了!!

  • @user-hp5bc5cy2l
    @user-hp5bc5cy2l 8 месяцев назад

    Poor Grace! She has a really mean selfish twin sister! Quicky! Buy her snacks!

  • @ron_grimes
    @ron_grimes 8 месяцев назад

    Grace seems to like to find ways to get out of paying. :)

  • @cataaw5752
    @cataaw5752 8 месяцев назад

    Could you put Spanish subtitles? I am very interested in your content

  • @MrChrisLia
    @MrChrisLia 8 месяцев назад +1

    要不要拍一個 「雖然/就算」的

  • @qq5369
    @qq5369 8 месяцев назад

    不要亂吃別人的零食😂

  • @semsemrody
    @semsemrody 8 месяцев назад

    Please talk about what happens in palistine 😢🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @wayale94080
    @wayale94080 8 месяцев назад

    You’re omitting the most common form of “but” in casual speech: just “但”.

  • @andoncroft5154
    @andoncroft5154 8 месяцев назад

    我想亲吻一只龟的喙,然后给新西兰男士编织协会一百万美元。

  • @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn
    @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn 5 месяцев назад

    Agaiiin 😊🤢
    Dont mix simlilar items!!!!!!
    Is BAD teaching
    🙏📝☺️