Read Edit View history 不但 bùdàn HSK2 not only Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不但 bùdàn not only conjunction Used in the first part of a sentence to introduce a fact that is followed by further information, often used with 而且 érqiě, 反而 fǎn'ér, 也 yě, or 还 hái in the second part. 我们不但把钱丢光，还几乎丧了命。 wǒmen bùdàn bǎ qián diū guāng, hái jīhū sàng le mìng. Not only did we lose all our money, but we almost lost our lives. Frequency Movie subtitles 7.75 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 65.3 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References See 而且 érqiě反而 fǎn'ér也 yě还 háiSame as 不仅 bùjǐn不只 bùzhǐ非但 fēidàn不单 bùdān不独 bùdú不特 bùtè非独 fēidú岂但 qǐdàn非特 fēitèSynonym 不宁 bùníng不惟 bùwéi不第 bùdì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不但 bùdàn not only conjunction Used in the first part of a sentence to introduce a fact that is followed by further information, often used with 而且 érqiě, 反而 fǎn'ér, 也 yě, or 还 hái in the second part. 我们不但把钱丢光，还几乎丧了命。 wǒmen bùdàn bǎ qián diū guāng, hái jīhū sàng le mìng. Not only did we lose all our money, but we almost lost our lives. Frequency Movie subtitles 7.75 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 65.3 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References See 而且 érqiě反而 fǎn'ér也 yě还 háiSame as 不仅 bùjǐn不只 bùzhǐ非但 fēidàn不单 bùdān不独 bùdú不特 bùtè非独 fēidú岂但 qǐdàn非特 fēitèSynonym 不宁 bùníng不惟 bùwéi不第 bùdì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)