Question 1

How do you pronounce 不但?

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不但 is pronounced "bùdàn" in Mandarin Chinese. Click the audio icon to hear the native pronunciation. The word is classified as HSK 3 level vocabulary.

Question 2

What does 不但 mean?

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不但 (bùdàn) means: (used in the first half of a sentence with two or more clauses that are progressive in meaning, and usually correlated with conjunctives like 而且 or 并且, or with adverbs like 也 or 还)not only. It is used as a conjunction.

Question 3

How do you write 不但 in Chinese?

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不但 is written with 2 characters. View the stroke order animation above to learn the correct way to write each character. The traditional form is 不但.

Question 4

What are example sentences using 不但?

Accepted Answer

See the examples section above for multiple sentences using 不但 in context, with pinyin pronunciation and translations in your selected language. Each example includes audio pronunciation to help you learn proper usage.

Traditional:

Zhuyin:

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Character relationships for 不但 (bùdàn)

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Traditional:

Zhuyin:

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不客气HSK 1

不要HSK 1

对不起HSK 1

不好意思HSK 2

不但…而且…HSK 3

不见HSK 3

差不多HSK 3

不过HSK 4

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