"而是" meaning in Chinese

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "而是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
          "word": "不是……而是……"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "not A, but rather B",
          "roman": "bùshì A érshì B",
          "text": "不是A而是B",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but; rather"
      ],
      "id": "en-而是-zh-conj-XHfxY3C8",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "而係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "而系"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эрши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而是"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùshì...érshì...",
      "word": "不是……而是……"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "而是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese conjunctions",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese conjunctions",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin conjunctions",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "not A, but rather B",
          "roman": "bùshì A érshì B",
          "text": "不是A而是B",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but; rather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˊ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "érshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh²-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ér-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erlshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эрши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "erši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìh sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁴ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁴ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː²¹ siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "而係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "而系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "而是"
}