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
alternative forms		必過／必过 Wu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwo³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): put-ko

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bud⁵ guo⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): beh⁴ gue³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bók-guó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-kò / put-kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ guê³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷peq-ku₅; ⁷piq-ku₅ / ⁷piq-kou₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùguò [Phonetic: búguò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùguò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuo⁴
    • Yale: bù-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoh
    • Palladius: буго (bugo)
    • Sinological 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gwo³
    • Yale: bāt gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ go⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² ko⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bud⁵ guo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚¹ kuo⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: beh⁴ gue³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ² kuɤ⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-guó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kuɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷peq-ku₅; ⁷piq-ku₅
    • MiniDict: peh^入 ku^去; pih^入 ku^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-ku₂; ⁴piq-ku₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/, /piɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-kou₅
    • MiniDict: pih^入 kou^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /piɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu⁵²³/

Note: ⁷piq-ku - often written as 必過／必过..

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!)

   這是一件再好不過的事情。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是一件再好不过的事情。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì yī jiàn zài hǎo bùguò de shìqíng. [Pinyin]

   This is a great thing.

Conjunction

不過

1. however; but

   我覺得這個想法理論上沒有錯，不過實踐操作起來難度會很大。 [MSC, trad.]
   我觉得这个想法理论上没有错，不过实践操作起来难度会很大。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ juéde zhège xiǎngfǎ lǐlùnshàng méiyǒu cuò, bùguò shíjiàn cāozuò qǐlái nándù huì hěn dà. [Pinyin]

   I think this idea is not wrong in theory, but it will be very difficult to put into practice.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而, 然, 但, 卻, 則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	Pematangsiantar	tapi
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but
	Taishan	但係
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	但係
	Singapore (Guangfu)	但係, 不過, 之不過
Hakka	Meixian	但係, 董係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係, 毋過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	但係, 毋過, 毋故
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	但係, 毋過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	但係, 毋過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	但係, 毋過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋過
	Senai (Huiyang)	但係
	Kuching (Hepo)	tapi
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	但是
	Matsu	但是
Southern Min	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 (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Manila (Hokkien)	但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Medan (Hokkien)	tapi
	Shantou	是呾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	是呾
	Jieyang	是呾, 比補
	Bangkok (Teochew)	但是, แต่ว่า
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	但是, tapi
	Singapore (Teochew)	tapi, 不過, 但是
	Wenchang	但是
	Qionghai	但是
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過
	Wuxi	但必過

Verb

不過

1. (literary) to not exceed

   • 故制：國不過千乘，都城不過百雉，家富不過百乘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故制：国不过千乘，都城不过百雉，家富不过百乘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù zhì: guó bù guò qiānshèng, dūchéng bù guò bǎizhì, jiā fù bù guò bǎishèng. [Pinyin]

     Hence it was made the rule that no state should have more than 1000 chariots, no chief city's wall more than 100 embrasures, no family, however rich, more than 100 chariots.

Derived terms

• 不過爾爾／不过尔尔 (bùguò'ěr'ěr)
• 之不過／之不过
• 但不過／但不过
• 只不過／只不过 (zhǐbuguò)
• 單不過／单不过
• 富不過三代／富不过三代 (fù bùguò sān dài)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	過

Adverb

不過 • (bulgwa) (hangeul 불과)

1. hanja form^? of 불과 (“only, just”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	過

Adverb

不過

1. chữ Hán form of bất quá.

Conjunction

不過

1. chữ Hán form of bất quá.