BUT    然則

AND, CONTRARY to OR DIFFERENT from what has NOW been SPEAK:said.
HOWEVER
Modern Chinese Criteria
但是 然而 只是 不過 可是 但 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
See also
Hypernym
  • AND　ALL of TWO THINGS OR ACTIONS OR FEATURES. (anc: 9/0, child: 4)
  • ALL　COMMON so that of NONE NOT. (anc: 8/0, child: 6)
  • COMMON　EXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 77

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 73

  • Logicheskii analiz yazyka ( ARYUTUNOVA 2002) p. 348

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 39A

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  • Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi ( SINGER 2002) p. 1,13

    • Words (17 items)

    而  ér OC: njɯ MC: ȵɨ 363 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2but
    • padS1.postS2but, and yet
    • padV1.postV2adversativebut on the other hand; but on the contrary; and yet; but; whereas; 樂而不淫 "is joyful without being extravagant" between subject and predicate the word indicates that the predication is unexpected
    然則  rán zé OC: njen skɯɯɡ MC: ȵiɛn tsək 23 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2this being so, on the other hand...; if that is how things stand, then...; in that case, then...
    抑  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2adversativehowever,...
    顧  gù OC: klaas MC: kuo̝
    故  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2on the contrary,　instead; however; occasionally: on the other hand in return??
    以  yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V1.postadV2小人甘以壞 "the petty man is sweet but ruins things": but in spite of this; but for all that
    則  zé OC: skɯɯɡ MC: tsək 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2but then
    祇麼  qí mǒ OC: ɡe maalʔ MC: giɛ mʷɑ 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadV.postScontrastivebut; but instead; whereas; nevertheless (Song colloquial)
    要且  yào qiě OC: qews MC: ʔiɛu tshɣɛ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2however, but (occasionally used in the pattern 雖然... 要且...)
    乃  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padSSHU: but
    而又  ér yòu MC: nyi hjuwH OC: njɯ ɢʷɯs 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.postS2and yet, but stillLZ
    既  jì OC: kɯds MC: kɨi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadS1.post-S2but in the end??
    遂  suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padV.post-Sbut in the end
    則是  zé shì OC: skɯɯɡ ɡljeʔ MC: tsək dʑiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PP+Nab{PRED}.postSbut this is a case of Nab
    翻  fān OC: phan MC: phi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.postS2on the contrary; instead 反而： 庾信 《臥疾窮愁》詩："有菊翻無酒，無弦則有琴。"
    轉  zhuǎn OC: tonʔ MC: ʈiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadS1.post-S2Turning things round> on the other hand, on the contrary, but
    可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2but
    直  zhí OC: dɯɡ MC: ɖɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadS1.post-S2but then; however; on the contrary