不過

See also: 不过

Chinese

not; no
 
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (不過)
simp. (不过)

Pronunciation


Note: may be weakened to toneless bu in constructions of ‹verb/adjective + 不過› (“not exceed or unable to exceed”).

Adverb

不過

  1. only; merely
  2. extremely
    不過 / 不过   Zài hǎo bùguò le!   That's fantastic! (It couldn't be better!)

Conjunction

不過

  1. however

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 但是可是不過然而
Mandarin Beijing 但是可是不過
Taiwan 但是可是不過
Cantonese Guangzhou 但係不過、之不過
Hong Kong 但係不過、之不過
Taishan 但係
Hakka Meixian 但係
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 但係毋過
Liudui (S. Sixian) 但係毋過
Hsinchu (Hailu) 但係毋過
Dongshi (Dabu) 但係毋過
Zhuolan (Raoping) 但係毋過
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 毋過
Min Dong Matsu 但是
Min Nan Xiamen 但是毋過、毋句、不過、不而過
Quanzhou 但是、毋句、不過、不而過
Zhangzhou 但是毋過不過、不而過
Taipei 但是毋過、不而過
Penang tapi但是
Singapore tapi
Medan tapi
Wu Shanghai 但是、必過、不過

Verb

不過

  1. to not exceed

Korean

Hanja in this term

Adverb

不過 (bulgwa) (hangeul 불과)

  1. Hanja form? of 불과 (only, just).
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