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不过

bùguò
conjunctionHSK 2

“Only” in Chinese is 不过 (bùguò).

Meaning

  • only
  • merely
  • no more than
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  • but
  • however
  • anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  • cannot be more (after adjectival)

Example

他不过是个孩子。

He is but a child.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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