不过

Pinyin: búguò

only; merely; no more than; but

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 conjunction

Example sentence

我在电视上看到过他,不过没有看到过他本人。

Wǒ zài diànshì shàng kàn dào guo tā, bùguò méiyǒu kàn dào guo tā běnrén.

I have seen him on TV but not in the flesh.

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What 不过 means

不过 (búguò) is an Chinese word meaning “only; merely; no more than; but”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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