不但

Chinese

		not; no	but; yet; however but; yet; however; only; merely; still
simp. and trad. (不但)		不	但

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ daan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-tān / put-tàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùdàn [Phonetic: búdàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4dann
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ta̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ daan⁶
  - Yale: bāt daahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ daan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɑːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tān
  - Tâi-lô: put-tān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tan²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: put-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tan¹¹/

Conjunction

不但

(usually in the form 不但……而且……) not only

他不但細心，而且體貼。 [MSC, trad.]
他不但细心，而且体贴。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùdàn xìxīn, érqiě tǐtiē. [Pinyin]
He is not only meticulous, but also caring.

Synonyms

不單／不单 (bùdān)
不光 (bùguāng)
不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)
(Min Nan) 毋但

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