但
dàn HSK2

only

但 dàn
but conjunction
Connects two phrases to show a contrast or change in direction, meaning "but", "yet", or "however"; often used in writing as a shorter form of 但是 dàn​shì.

我尝试过，但我害怕。

wǒ cháng​shì guo, dàn wǒ hài​pà.

I tried to, but I was afraid.

早餐是基本但足够的。

zǎo​cān shì jī​běn dàn zú​gòu de.

The breakfast is basic but adequate.

only adverbverb
Used to limit the scope of an action or state, meaning "only", "merely", or "just".
Dan
A Chinese surname.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
95th most common 1935.1 per million
Movie subtitles
68th most common 2609.6 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2034.2 per million appears in 93% of films
Written text
1572.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F46

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)