可不是 kě bu shì — that's just the way it is
kě (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) shì (fourth tone, falling)ke3 bu5 shi4
that's just the way it is
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standard
Meanings
that's just the way it is
that's just the way it is; exactly!
Character breakdown
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 是
- 是shì (fourth tone, falling)to be (A is B)
- 就是jiù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)exactly; precisely
- 但是dànshì (fourth tone, falling)but, however
- 只是zhǐ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)merely; only; just; nothing but
- 还是還是háishi (second tone, rising)or (in a question)
- 可是kě (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)but
- 总是總是zǒngshì (third tone, dipping)always, invariably
- 而是ér (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)rather
- 于是於是yú (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)thereupon
- 正是zhèng (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)is precisely
- 要是yàoshi (fourth tone, falling)if, supposing
- 算是suàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)considered to be
- 或是huò (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)or
- 是不是shì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)is or isn't
- 也就是说也就是說yě (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)in other words
- 倒是dào (fourth tone, falling) shi (neutral tone)contrary to what one might expect
- 老是lǎo (third tone, dipping) shi (neutral tone)always
- 是非shì (fourth tone, falling) fēi (first tone, high and level)right and wrong