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不但

bù dàn

Written bù dàn, said bú dàn — 不 becomes bú before a fourth tone.

HSK 2 · word 528 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他不但会说普通话,而且会说上海话。

tā bú dàn huì shuō pǔ tōng huà ér qiě huì shuō shàng hǎi huà

Not only can he speak Mandarin, but Shanghainese as well.

Characters in 不但

不 not plus 但 only. Not only, and it wants 而且 or 也 in the second clause to complete it.

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