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: budann
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ daan⁶
  - Yale: bāt daahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ daan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ täːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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

不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)
不光 (bùguāng)
不只 (bùzhǐ)
不單／不单 (bùdān)
不止 (bùzhǐ)

唔只 (Cantonese)
毋但 (Min Nan)
毋止 (Min Nan)
豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
非論／非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

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