不過

不過

See also: 不过

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwo³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-ko
• Min Dong (BUC): bók-guó
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-kò / put-kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ guê³

• Wu (Wiktionary): peq ku (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùguò [Phonetic: búguò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoh
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gwo³
    • Yale: bāt gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ guo³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ go⁴
    • IPA: /put̚² ko⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-guó
    • IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kuɔ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kò
    • Tâi-lô: put-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ko¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ko²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ko²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: put-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ guê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kuè
    • IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: peq ku (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /pəʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Adverb

不過

1. only; merely
2. extremely

   再好不過了！ / 再好不过了！  ―  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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Mandarin	Beijing	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	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
	Hsinchu (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
	Philippines (Manila)	但是, 毋句
	Medan	tapi
	Thailand (Bangkok)	但是, แต่ว่า
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過

Verb

不過

1. to not exceed

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Korean

Hanja in this term
不	過

Adverb

不過 • (bulgwa) (hangeul 불과)

1. Hanja form^? of 불과 (“only, just”).