只
不
过

Only in Chinese: 只不过 (zhǐ bu guò)

zhǐ bu guò

only

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 只不過1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1only
  2. 2merely
  3. 3nothing but
  4. 4no more than
  5. 5it's just that ...

Stroke order

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只
不
过

Zhuyin

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ㄓˇ

zhǐ

ㄓ/ zhˇ/ third tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄍㄨㄛˋ

guò

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

只不过

Simplified

只不過

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我只不过想帮帮你而已。

    wǒ zhī bú guò xiǎng bāng bāng nǐ ér yǐ。

    I only wanted to help you, that's all.

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Related words

不

bù

no

只

zhǐ

only

过

guò

to cross

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

经过

jīng guò

to pass

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

超过

chāo guò

to surpass

过程

guò chéng

course of events

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