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不过búguòbut; however; only

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
10
Characters
2

How 不过 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

不 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
过 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 不过

Examples

这儿很好，不过太贵了。

Zhèr hěn hǎo, búguò tài guì le.

It is nice here, but too expensive.

  • 这儿zhèrhere
  • 很hěnvery
  • 好hǎogood
  • 不过búguòbut; however; only
  • 太tàitoo; excessively
  • 贵guìexpensive
  • 了lecompleted action marker

我去过，不过只去过一次。

Wǒ qù guo, búguò zhǐ qù guo yí cì.

I have been there, but only once.

  • 我wǒI
  • 去qùto go
  • 过guoexperience marker; to pass
  • 不过búguòbut; however; only
  • 只zhǐonly
  • 去qùto go
  • 过guoexperience marker; to pass
  • 一yīone
  • 次cìtime (occurrence)

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 不但
  • 只不过
  • 不然