但是

但是

1. but; however

   這兩臺筆記本雖然外形很像，但是功能上卻差別很大。 [MSC, trad.]
   这两台笔记本虽然外形很像，但是功能上却差别很大。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liǎng tái bǐjìběn suīrán wàixíng hěn xiàng, dànshì gōngnéng shàng què chābié hěn dà. [Pinyin]

   Although these two notebooks look very similar, their functions are quite different.

   王秀英雖然考了第一，但是她一點也不驕傲。 [MSC, trad.]
   王秀英虽然考了第一，但是她一点也不骄傲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wáng Xiùyīng suīrán kǎo le dìyī, dànshì tā yīdiǎn yě bù jiāo'ào. [Pinyin]

   Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.

   你剛才說得很好，但是有一點我不敢苟同。 [MSC, trad.]
   你刚才说得很好，但是有一点我不敢苟同。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ gāngcái shuō de hěn hǎo, dànshì yǒu yī diǎn wǒ bùgǎngǒutóng. [Pinyin]

   What you just said makes sense, but there is one thing I can't agree with.

   • 其餘的人無一个敢近倚𪜶，但是百姓尊重𪜶。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     其余的人无一个敢近倚𪜶，但是百姓尊重𪜶。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 5:13

     Kî-û ê lâng bô chi̍t ê káⁿ kūn-óa in, nā-sī peh-sìⁿ chun-tiōng in. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

Unlike in English, in Chinese it is customary for 雖然／虽然 (suīrán, “although”) to be followed by 但是 (dànshì, “but; however”).

• 無奈／无奈 (wúnài)

但是

1. (literary) merely by; just by ... alone