但
dàn
HSK level: HSK 2
Meaning
but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
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Examples
但我没有害怕。
Dàn wǒ méi yǒu hài pà.
But I wasn't afraid.
汤姆好，但不够好。
Tāng mǔ hǎo, dàn bù gòu hǎo.
Tom's good, but not good enough.
他很有钱，但不幸福。
Tā hěn yǒu qián, dàn bù xìng fú.
He's rich, but he's not happy.
Words with this character
但是 dàn shì but不但 bù dàn not only但愿 dàn yuàn if only但丁 Dàn dīng Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲马但 Mǎ dàn Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15撒但 Sā dàn variant of 撒旦 Sā dàn, Satan or Shaitan约但 Yuē dàn variant of 约旦 Yuē dàn但凡 dàn fán every single但书 dàn shū proviso非但 fēi dàn not only但尼生 Dàn ní shēng Tennyson圣但尼 Shèng dàn ní St Denis or St Dennis约但河 Yuē dàn Hé variant of 约旦河 Yuē dàn Hé但以理书 Dàn yǐ lǐ shū Book of Daniel格但斯克 Gé dàn sī kè Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland但说无妨 dàn shuō wú fáng there is no harm in saying what one thinks但愿如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so虽迟但到 suī chí dàn dào slow to arrive but eventually shows up不求有功，但求无过 bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes