bù guò

Traditional: 不過

不过 (bù guò) is a Chinese word meaning “only; merely; no more than”.

Meanings

  1. 1only
  2. 2merely
  3. 3no more than
  4. 4but
  5. 5however
  6. 6anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. 7cannot be more (after adjectival)
Part of speech
conjunction

Characters in 不过

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