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From :   Kalvin Chan

Date : 2008-07-31 / 07:30AM

Benny, 我有一个问题。“但是” 和 “可是” 有什么不同? 我问完我好了,但是(可是)他们不清楚。你可以帮我吗? 谢谢你!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-07-31 / 10:43AM

你好, Kalvin,

Actually “可是 and 但是" are the same thing,

可是 is more likely to be used in North of China while 但是 is mainly used in South

Benny



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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-07-31 / 01:51PM

“可是” is used more often in daily communication.

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 Kalvin Chan gmail.com 
2008-08-01 / 01:50AM

谢谢!That question was bugging me for a while now. Thanks for clearing it up!

Kalvin

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