但 (dàn)
but/yet/however/only
How 但 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 但
- Simplified
- 但 (unchanged)
Common words using 但
- 但是 dànshì
- but; however
- 不但 bùdàn
- not only (... but also...)
- 但願 dànyuàn
- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- 撒但 sādàn
- variant of 撒旦, Satan or Shaitan
- 非但 fēidàn
- not only
但 in a sentence
雖然這家店很貴，但是味道真的很棒。
Suīrán zhè jiā diàn hěn guì, dànshì wèidào zhēn de hěn bàng.
“Although this shop is expensive, the taste is really great.”
How common is 但?
但 is the 95th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 40.8% of all running text.
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