倒是

dàoshì

on the contrary; actually

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Homographs

倒是 dàoshi
  1. contrary to what one might expect
  2. actually
  3. contrariwise
  4. why don't you

Examples

这倒是事实。

That’s actually the truth.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 倒 dǎo
  1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
  2. to fail; to go bankrupt
  3. to overthrow
  4. to change (trains or buses)
  5. to move around
  6. to resell at a profit
=1 倒 dào
  1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  2. to pour out
  3. to tip out; to dump
  4. inverted; upside down; reversed
  5. to go backward
  6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì