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不过

búguò

Traditional: 不過

only

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Meaning of 不过 in English

búguòHSK 4+ HSK 5conjunction, adverbSyllabus #1047
  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)

Example sentences

  1. 不过是一个文字游戏罢了。
    bù guò shì yí gè wén zì yóu xì bà le。
    It's just a play on words.
    Tatoeba #1766219 by sadhen · #10551491 by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 他不过是个孩子。
    tā bù guò shì gè hái zi。
    He is but a child.
    Tatoeba #4270097 by notabene · #33043 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 再糟糕不过了。
    zài zāo gāo bù guò le。
    That couldn't have gone any worse.
    Tatoeba #8750768 by cxpadonis · #8581992 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
过 on its own →
guò · to cross

HSK words with 过

过HSK 2过来HSK 2过年HSK 2过去HSK 2过节HSK 3经过HSK 3难过HSK 3超过HSK 4错过HSK 4过程HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences