而是 - translation, pronunciation and examples
instead
in place of something else
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而是 translation: instead. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.
how to pronounce 而是
ér shì
而是 translation
instead
而是 examples
我不喝咖啡，而是喝茶。
而是 transcription
ér shì
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而是 meaning: what does it mean?
表示用另一个事物或方式来代替前者；不是前者而是后者
而是 pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
而是 is pronounced as ér shì. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
而是 definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
我不喝咖啡，而是喝茶。 Translation: Я пью не кофе, а чай.
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