不过
Traditional 不過
Meanings
- only
- merely
- no more than
- but
- however
- anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
- cannot be more (after adjectival)
Its characters
In sentences
他不过是个孩子。He is but a child. #4270097
我们大概去了,不过要看天气怎么样再决定。We'll most likely go, but we'll decide once we see what the weather is like. #420166
这辆车是我爸爸的, 不过不久后就我自己的。This car is my father's, but soon it will be mine. #5155057
再糟糕不过了。That couldn't have gone any worse. #8750768
门太窄了,这辆车通不过。The gate is so narrow that the car can't pass through it. #2029290
我们很穷,不过我们过的很快乐。We are poor, but we are happy. #10192239
Words with 不过
- 只不过 only; merely; nothing but; no more than
- 信不过 to distrust
- 说不过去 cannot be justified
- 气不过 so angry it's unbearable
- 拗不过 can't persuade
- 不过如此 nothing more than this
- 不过意 to be sorry; to feel apologetic
- 看不过去 cannot stand by idly and watch
- 不过尔尔 not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre
- 事不过三 a thing should not be attempted more…
- 左不过 anyhow
- 瞒不过 cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)