可, kě
Meaning: but, however
HSK 3 word
Example
他很想去，可没有时间。
Tā hěn xiǎng qù, kě méiyǒu shíjiān.
He really wants to go, but he doesn't have time.
More HSK 3 words
- 咱们zánmenwe (inclusive)
- 不但búdànnot only
- 的话dehuàif (at the end of a condition)
- 或huòor
- 只是zhǐshìonly, just, but
- 只有zhǐyǒuonly if, only
- 只能zhǐ néngcan only, have to
- 直到zhídàountil
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