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The Cantonese word ji si - 而是 - ji4 si6
(but in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

ji4 si6

English translations

but

Chinese characters:

而是
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而是 (ji4 si6) is composed of these characters: 而, 是
The traditional Chinese characters of ji4 si6 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

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而是 ( ji si / ji4 si6 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 386)
More words that mean but in Cantonese
bat1 gwo3 ( 不过 ), daan6 si6 ( 但是 ), hak1 ( 可 ), ho2 si6 ( 可是 ), koek3 ( 却 )

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